See also our related blog for the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Initiative.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Rally Foundation funds PPTI Study

We are grateful to the Rally Foundation for a recent grant in the amount of $17,076 which will fund testing of one novel therapeutic compound for medulloblastoma and another for rhabdomyosarcoma in our genetically-engineered mouse models. The Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is a non-profit organization, which through volunteers across the country, aims to raise awareness and funds specifically for childhood cancer research to find better treatments and cures for childhood cancers.

These awards fromt he Rally Foundation are in honor of Matthew Butterfield and in memory of Coleman Larson.

[ This blog entry is also mirrored at the Rally Foundation blog site. ]