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Can a keto diet enhance therapy for neuroblastoma?
In 2019, we awarded nearly £5,000 to Prof Robert Falconer and Xiaoxiao Guo at the University of Bradford.
This research grant enabled them to explore the potential for a ketogenic diet to enhance neuroblastoma therapy. Let’s find out more.
Alan Carr chucks the chocolate to help children with neuroblastoma
To mark International Childhood Cancer Day, comedian and chocoholic Alan Carr is giving up his favourite treat to raise money for research into neuroblastoma.
Alan is supporting the Great Give It Up this March and said, “I love a cheeky bit of chocolate and it’ll be a huge challenge for me to give it up! But it’s nowhere near as big a challenge as what these children go through.”
International Childhood Cancer Day
Saturday 15 February is International Childhood Cancer Day.
It’s a special day to raise awareness of childhood cancer and support children with cancer, survivors and their families. Find out how you can help.
Dr Zoë Walters’ research into combination therapies
In 2019, as part of our Small Grants programme, we awarded £5,000 to Dr Zoë Walters at the University of Southampton.
Dr Walters tells us more about her research into the treatment of neuroblastoma, why she is passionate about cancer research and how she hopes to make a difference to children with neuroblastoma.
Developing a new way to study the spread of neuroblastoma
New research published in the journal Cancer Research, with funding from Neuroblastoma UK, Cancer Research UK and Children with Cancer UK has helped create a new mouse model to help study neuroblastoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer.
Using 3D printing to study neuroblastoma
We are providing funding of over £116,000 to Dr Olga Piskareva and her team at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
In this project, Dr Piskareva aims to use 3D printing technology to engineer a novel experimental model and study the biology, and subsequent treatment of, neuroblastoma. “Thanks to funding from Neuroblastoma UK and its dedicated supporters...we hope to develop more effective treatments for children with neuroblastoma, with more tolerable side-effects.”