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Finding new treatments for rare brain cancers in infantsThe WA Kids Cancer Centre has secured $1.1 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Paediatric Brain Cancer Research Stream 2 to develop more effective and less toxic treatments for rare brain cancers in infants.

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The Kids researchers awarded Raine Medical Research Foundation fundingCongratulations to three The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers, who have been awarded funding from the Raine Medical Research Foundation.
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New imaging equipment to boost children's cancer researchA cutting edge cancer imaging facility will help specialist children's cancer researchers at Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.
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Fetal growth and risk of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaThe relation between intrauterine growth and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia was investigated in an Australian population-based case-control...
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Receptor mutation is not a common mechanism of naturally occurring glucocorticoid resistance in leukaemia cell linesGlucocorticoids (GCs) are among the most important drugs for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
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Targeting the effector site with IFN-alphabeta-inducing TLR ligands reactivates tumor-resident CD8 T cell responses to eradicate established solid tumorsEffective antitumor CD8 T cell responses may be activated by directly targeting the innate immune system within tumors.

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Professor Nick GottardoHead of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children’s Hospital; Co-head, Brain Tumour Research Program, The Kids Research Institute Australia

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Pioneering new treatments for leukaemia in children with Down syndromeA team of world-leading scientists has secured $5 million in funding from the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society to advance the fight against leukaemia in children with Down syndrome.

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The Kids cancer researcher named a Superstar of STEMThe Kids Research Institute Australia brain cancer researcher, Dr Jessica Buck will today join the ranks of a select group of brilliant female scientists.

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How to win friends and influence people: Cancer researchers talk the talk for big resultsIn the field of cancer research, lobbying efforts by the The Kids Cancer Centre have contributed to major initiatives including Australia’s first personalised medicine program for children with high-risk cancer, and a mission to boost survival rates in brain cancer patients.