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Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s receives $200,000 grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels to support COVID-19 testing

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Massive study reveals how 'hypermutated' malignant brain tumors with many mutations escape chemotherapy and immunotherapy

2020 Harrington Prize awarded to Dr. Stuart H. Orkin

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Population-based registry data identifies novel cancer patterns in families of childhood cancer patients

Dana-Farber/Boston Children's named a top pediatric cancer program

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Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD, recognized by ISSCR for contributions to basic and translational research in hematological disorders

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Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's and UMass Medical School optimize gene editing for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

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Children with cancer wait an average of 6.5 years longer than adults to access new targeted drugs, finds study at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s

Lynda M. Vrooman to present findings from Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s clinical trial that led to FDA approval of novel drug for treatment of ALL in young patients

Team led by Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Kimberly Stegmaier receives SU2C Sharp Award from Stand Up To Cancer

Katherine E. Warren, MD, joins Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s as Clinical Director for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Dana-Farber/Boston Children's nation’s #1 pediatric cancer program

Leonard Zon, MD, honored by the American Society of Hematology for Outstanding Mentorship

Amazon surprises Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s with a $500,000 donation during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

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Stuart H. Orkin Receives the 2021 ISSCR Tobias Lecture Award

In landmark study, an arthritis drug appears to prevent deadly acute graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplant

Targeted therapy for children with leukemia can provide substantial benefit, study finds

Stuart Orkin receives $500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize for his groundbreaking research on the genetics of inherited blood disorders

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Disparities in Outcomes for Children with Rare Eye Cancer Suggest Unequal Access to Primary Care

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Studies highlight new drug targets or compounds for acute myeloid leukemia

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Childhood leukemia patients from high-poverty areas more likely to suffer early relapse

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The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research: Recommended Pediatric Priorities for the Cancer Moonshot Initiative

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Childhood cancer deaths: Brain cancer overtakes leukemia as top cause

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Research into basic workings of immune system points to way of improving therapies for cancer and chronic infection

Scientists tackle DIPG, a lethal childhood brain cancer

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Gene therapy offers hope for treatment of sickle cell anemia

Boston Children’s hires a chief scientific officer

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Novel CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screening approach enables discovery of new drug targets to aid cancer immunotherapy

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Gene therapy halts progression of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy in clinical trial

Two Dana-Farber/Boston Children's faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine

A new gene therapy transplantation technique could improve treatment of neurodegenerative disease

Bursting with gene therapies and other innovative treatments, the overall survival rate for our blood and marrow transplant patients is exceeding expectations

Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s researcher is part of a new Stand Up To Cancer campaign with Marvel Studios’ Avengers and American Airlines

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Dana-Farber/Boston Children's again ranked among the top national pediatric cancer programs

Vietnamese boy thrives after gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

The space between heartache and happiness: Two sons with adrenoleukodystrophy and a gene therapy clinical trial

New gene therapy clinical trial offers hope for sickle cell disease

Gene therapy trial wrenches families as one child’s death saves another

Biden should take a note from the original moonshot: Focus on just one cancer

Finding a cure wouldn’t mean we’ve defeated cancer

Outpatient bloodstream infections costly for pediatric stem cell transplant and cancer patients

Stuart Orkin and Daniel Bauer receive funding for sickle cell disease research from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

BCL11A-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease passes key preclinical test

Leslie Kean, MD, PhD, joins Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Stem Cell Transplantation program

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Gene Therapy for “Bubble Boy” Disease Appears to be Effective and Safe

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David G. Nathan, MD, Wins Boston Children’s Hospital Inaugural Lifetime Impact Award

Researchers Take New Approach to Stop ‘Most Wanted’ Cancer Protein

Common Genetic Variations May Contribute to Treatment-related Cognitive Problems in Children with Leukemia

Stem Cell Transplant without Radiation or Chemotherapy Pre-treatment Shows Promise for Rare Bone Marrow Failure

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