We are currently researching into
Childhood Cancers
Approximately 150 children are diagnosed with a form of cancer every year. While medical advances have greatly improved the outcomes of many, there remain aggressive forms out there which are life-threatening, where even the best treatment options can impact adversely on a child's health.
Funding Amount:
$696,302.00
In Progress Research
Identification of therapeutic pathways in leukaemia via glucocorticoid-induced changes in DNA methylation.
Professor Ian Morison University of Otago, Dunedin What is the problem and who does it affect? Many childhood cancers are life-threatening, and current treatments are often insufficient to fight off the rapidly multiplying cancerous cells. Conventional chemotherapy still fails in approximately 20 per cent of patients who’ve been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). What is this project hoping to…
Investigating methods of treating childhood cancer more gently and with less long-term adverse effect
Dr Andy Wood University of Auckland What is the problem and who does it affect? Cancer is a leading cause of childhood death in New Zealand. Approximately 150 children under the age of 14 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer every year. One particularly aggressive form of cancer is the blood cancer acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) which results…
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