Announcing our newest class of grantees
Clockwise from top left: Andrew Intlekofer, MSKCC; Shannon Elf*, University of Chicago, Nathan Singh, Washington University St. Louis; Yibin Yang*, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Brian Dalton, Johns...
Your support of Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation allows us to push the boundaries of what is scientifically possible for those living with blood cancer. Meet the dedicated research scientists whose cutting-edge ideas are giving patients reason to hope and hear all about their latest breakthroughs below!
New technique may lead to safer stem cell transplants
A new study from the lab of longtime Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation Medical Advisory Board member Dr. John DiPersio and Gabrielle’s Angels grantee Dr. Stephen Persaud has revealed a new...
Gabrielle’s Angels Grantee Dr. Cigall Kadoch Receives Prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators Award
Congratulations to Gabrielle’s Angels grantee Dr. Cigall Kadoch from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for receiving the incredibly prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators...
Announcing our partnership with the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research has partnered with the Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research to fully support two of its Medical Research Awardees. The awardees, Dr. Shannon Elf...
Can AML be prevented?
Big news from the lab of former Gabrielle’s Angels grantee Dr. Scott Armstrong and his colleagues at Dana Farber! A new drug that not only could treat acute myeloid leukemia but also...
Dr. Esther Obeng: At Home in Her Lab at St. Jude
We love this feature on one of our fabulous grantees, Dr. Esther Obeng of St. Jude! Not only is Dr. Obeng a first-generation American, she’s also designing studies to identify cancer-causing...
Scientists develop new CRISPR-based tool to control epigenome
Scientists have revealed how to modify CRISPR’s basic architecture to extend its reach beyond the genome and into the epigenome – proteins and small molecules that latch onto DNA and control when...
Less is more for the next generation of CAR T cells
When researchers from Penn Medicine (including two of our grantees, Dr. Saar Gill and Dr. Marco Ruella!) found that many patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with the...
She’s Beating Leukemia With a Healthy Change to Her Diet
More details about the study from Gabrielle’s Angels grantee Dr. Etan Orgel! The study found that kids who ate healthier, slightly cut their calorie intake, and burned a bit more energy through...
Diet and exercise may increase efficacy of chemotherapy for children with cancer
(left: Dr. Steven Mittelman, right: Dr. Etan Orgel) New research published today in the journal Blood Advances is the first to show that restricting calories, reducing fat and sugar intake, and...
Study finds cancer cells may evade chemotherapy by going dormant
Cancer cells can dodge chemotherapy by entering a state that bears similarity to certain kinds of senescence, a type of “active hibernation” that enables them to weather the stress...
CRISPR-edited CAR T Cells Enhance Fight Against Blood Cancers
Congratulations to Gabrielle’s Angels grantee Dr. Marco Ruella and his colleagues at the Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania on this impressive breakthrough! Dr. Ruella and...