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Our grants focus on offering research support that will affect the prognosis and outcomes of treatment in the future. We specifically fund research equipment grant requests that make it easier for physicians to find answers to the difficult questions pediatric cancer poses.
Some of the equipment we have funded:
- A Microscope Camera that medical workers use to share information with experts across the country, ultimately supporting more accurate diagnosis and treatment plans.
- A Cell Divider that is used to process physical data in a clinical trial for A.L.L. (the most common form of childhood Leukemia).
- An Imaging System used in analysis of patient DNA and protein samples before and after investigational and conventional chemotherapy, which will help assess a patient's response to treatment.
- A Thermal Cycler PCR System to identify "target genes" (genes turned on and off by the abnormal protein) in the Ewing's Sarcoma family of tumors, helping to better understand how the activity of the abnormal protein leads to cancer.
- A Clinical Use Database upgrade, allowing for better tracking of treatment outcomes, lab results, and side effects in patients.
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