Childhood Cancer

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is cancer of the white blood cells -- the cells that help fight infection. ALL is the most common form of childhood leukemia.

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Latest Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) grants

Uridine is a Targetable Metabolic Dependency in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Kara Davis, D.O., Principal Investigator
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2024
Overcoming Menin-inhibitor resistance
Kathrin Bernt, MD, Principal Investigator
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Reach Grants, Awarded 2024
Unraveling the Mechanisms of Inherited Predisposition to Childhood Leukemia
Vijay Sankaran, MD/PhD, Principal Investigator
Boston Children’s Hospital
Innovation Grants, Awarded 2024
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Heroes

Viviana Glover
Adelaide Kanton
Ayla Castro
Hayden Weslow
Seth Walsh
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Latest Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) blog posts

Meet Four Kids Fighting Leukemia
Kids come in all shapes and sizes, and so do their cancers. There are dozens of pediatric cancers, but leukemia accounts for nearly 28% of all childhood cancer diagnoses. Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells – which are crucial to... more
Quarterly Childhood Cancer Research Update: Spring 2021
As the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Director of Science, I work to evaluate our funded research projects to track progress and find gaps in funding so that we can direct more research dollars to the largest areas of need, and to... more
How Tissue Donation is Helping Childhood Cancer Research
When Lilly faced surgery after relapsing, her family made the decision to donate extra tumor tissue to research instead of throwing it away. 

“We hope that Lilly’s neuroblastoma tumor can be some small part of helping other children who... more
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Featured Hero

Seth Walsh

Seth is spunky and can be friends with anyone. After being diagnosed with ALL, Seth endured countless trips out-of-state, four relapses, two CAR T-cell therapies, two bone marrow transplants, and one clinical trial. Today, Seth has reached remission!
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