Families Powering Pediatric AML Research
Connecting families with promising pediatric AML research—and helping turn hope into progress.
When a child is diagnosed with pediatric AML, families want to understand what research is underway—and what it may mean for the future.
Families Powering Pediatric AML Research was created to help families understand and follow promising pediatric AML research—and to connect families, foundations and supporters with opportunities to help move that research forward.
The website brings together two important efforts: Project Stella at Fred Hutch, supporting the pediatric AML research of Dr. Soheil Meshinchi, and the Pediatric AML Collaborative, hosted by Children's Cancer Research Fund to help promising pediatric AML research move forward across institutions.
But information is only part of the challenge.
We've seen what can happen when families and foundations come together around promising science. They can help provide the resources, connections and urgency needed to move discoveries from the laboratory toward treatments for children.
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Promising Research Needs People To Power It
Think of pediatric AML research like a Formula 1 race car. The science may have tremendous potential, but getting to the finish line takes resources, expertise, collaboration and urgency.
Families help provide the fuel. They bring determination, urgency and a deeply personal reason to propel research forward.
A child is diagnosed → a family begins searching for information → they learn about research underway → they discover how little research some rare forms of AML receive → they see what families have already helped make possible → they can choose to become involved.
Different roles. Different strengths. One shared purpose.
No single source of support can move pediatric AML research forward alone. Funding is essential, but promising science needs more than funding.
The different colors represent the people, expertise and resources that must come together—researchers, clinicians, families, foundations & donors
Put Up An Umbrella™
Every child with pediatric AML deserves people standing with them. Help us make the umbrella bigger.
You don't have to be a scientist or a major donor to make a difference. Everyone has something to contribute.
Why Families And Foundations Matter
Pediatric AML is not a single disease. It is a collection of biologically different diseases—some so rare that only a handful of children may share the same form of AML.
For these rare diseases, small patient numbers can mean small research dollars. Promising discoveries can stall—not because the science isn't there, but because the funding, expertise and resources needed to turn those discoveries into treatments are not.
We Have Already Seen What Is Possible When Families Power Research
Project Stella has shown what can happen when families, foundations and donors rally around promising pediatric AML research. Now there is an opportunity to apply what we have learned to promising research affecting more children.
That experience helped inspire a broader question: Could this kind of collaboration help other promising pediatric AML research move forward and ultimately reach more children?
The Pediatric AML Collaborative, hosted by Children's Cancer Research Fund, was created to explore that opportunity—bringing families, foundations, clinicians and researchers together around promising pediatric AML research across institutions.
Looking For PROJECTSTELLA.NET?
Project Stella continues at Fred Hutch, supporting Dr. Soheil Meshinchi’s pediatric AML research. That has not changed.
The family-facing ProjectStella.net website is now part of Families Powering Pediatric AML Research. Here, families and supporters can continue to follow Project Stella research and updates while also learning about the Pediatric AML Collaborative hosted by Children's Cancer Research Fund.
Here, we will continue to share news and research progress from Project Stella while also helping families understand pediatric AML research and, as the Pediatric AML Collaborative develops, sharing research supported through Children's Cancer Research Fund. [LEARN MORE ABOUT PROJECT STELLA]
FAMILIES POWERING PEDIATRIC AML RESEARCH
