St. Baldrick's Scholar

  • Dela Cruz, Filemon (PI)

Project: Research project

Project Details

Description

Filemon Dela Cruz, M.D., NetApp St. Baldrick's Scholar, studies ewing sarcoma, a common cancer of the bone and tissues in children. Despite our best therapies, less than 20% of children with widespread disease will survive. Dr. Dela Cruz's lab recently developed a model of Ewing sarcoma that has been genetically altered to mimic the early stages of this disease. This project aims to use this model to identify the biologic steps that went wrong in a cell to create Ewing's sarcoma, so that researchers can devise ways to correct and prevent these mistakes from ever occurring. This grant is named for the NetApp team, whose employees around the world have raised more than $3 million for lifesaving research through the St. Baldrick's Foundation.

StatusFinished
Effective start/end date7/1/126/30/15

Funding

  • St. Baldrick's Foundation

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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