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2018 Treehouse’s Brave the Shave Fundraiser Recap
THANK YOU!!!We want to express our gratitude and congratulate the participants in our 2018 St. Baldrick's #BraveTheShave event, raising funds to conquer kids cancer! Collectively, we raised more than $10,000 and shaved dozens of heads in the process. There is still...
Partnership Bolsters Childhood Cancer Research
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and UCSC Treehouse Scientists Embark on Genomic Data Sharing SANTA CRUZ, CA – October 16, 2018 – Last month, scientists from the UCSC-based Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative welcomed Dr. Elaine Mardis and other members of the...
Meet the Shavees from 2017
Featured Photo caption: (Left to right) Ellen Kephart, Kevin Karplus, Andrew Blair, Rob Currie, Vinay Poodari and Mark Akeson went bald in 2017, helping raise more than $12,000 for Treehouse's Brave the Shave Fundraiser, sponsored by the Genomics Institute Author:...
Learning about Sarcomas
Researchers at Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative investigate a full range of pediatric cancers. Sarcomas -- and particularly, rare sarcomas -- are a focus of our work. Because July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, we’d like to focus this month’s post on this type of...
Immunotherapy: Its History and Possible Future
In observance of Cancer Immunotherapy Month in June, we have invited guest contributor Shawn Tallet, Outreach Coordinator for the Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness (MAA) Center to offer a brief look at immunotherapy, its history and promise as a treatment. We are...