by Adam Paris
Eden is a 13 year old who loves to shoot photos and smile for her own snapshots. After being unable to walk or practice her favorite activity, dancing, for nearly a year, she was... more
All blog posts tagged with "Brain Tumors"
October 16, 2018
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has declared a war on childhood cancer.
Every day of... more
July 9, 2018
by Trish Adkins
In 2000, the first draft of the map of human genome—a mosaic representation of characteristics of what makes our biology uniquely human—was released. The map paved the way for more... more
March 16, 2018
March 9, 2018
by Trish Adkins, ALSF
Ever since she was a child, Dr. Catherine Flores, of the University of Florida, loved the challenge of experimenting and investigating the origins of things. Now, as a pediatric cancer researcher,... more
January 12, 2018
by Trish Adkins
Gone are the days of just chemotherapy and radiation. Today’s researchers and oncologists are combining the traditional tools with cutting-edge biological medicine, genetic analysis and novel... more
June 16, 2017
by Larry Vincent
When I was a very young man, I made up my mind never to have children. I didn’t think I would be a very good father and my own father was absent for most of my life, so the notion of being a dad was... more
June 9, 2017
by Trish Adkins, ALSF
Every time you make a donation for a cup of Alex’s Lemonade, you are moving researchers closer to... more
May 25, 2017
by Trish Adkins
In order to survive, the cells of the body are constantly recycling within themselves, taking proteins inside the cell, scooping them up, breaking the proteins down and releasing the energy back into the... more
November 11, 2016
The body’s immune system is robust and powerful—it can reject an entire transplant organ within minutes or hours if the mismatch is too severe. The moment it senses infection, the immune system wakes up and deploys cells to heal the... more
