The following scholarly articles were published by Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff during February 2020: Affenzeller S, Wolkenstein K, Frauendorf H, Jackson DJ. Challenging the concept that eumelanin is the polymorphic brown banded pigment …
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Mario Otto, MD, PhD and Nicholas Pytel, DO, each Awarded grants from Hyundai Hope on Wheels
Department of Pediatrics and Division of Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant Associate Professor, Mario Otto, MD, PhD, and Fellow, Nicholas Pytel, DO, were each awarded research grants from Hyundai Hope on Wheels, a nonprofit …
Sean Rinella, MPH, Selected as “40 Under 40 in Cancer”
Sean Rinella, MPH, an ICTR TL1-supported PhD student, working with mentorship from Christian Capitini, MD and Mario Otto, MD, PhD in their labs, has been selected as one of “40 Under 40 in Cancer” for …
Nation’s First Trial of CLR 131 Targeted Radiotherapy for Pediatric Cancer to Begin at UW
American Family Children’s Hospital, part of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in collaboration with Cellectar Biosciences, Inc., is the first site in the nation to offer CLR 131, a systemically delivered, targeted radiotherapeutic …
A Combined Strategy to Treat Neuroblastoma
A new preclinical research project led by Department of Pediatrics Assistant Professor Christian Capitini, MD, aims to strengthen the pipeline of immunotherapy treatment approaches for neuroblastoma, the third most common type of childhood cancer. The …
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Receives St. Baldrick’s Research Award
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, who was recently awarded a 2018 Research Award from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. This one-year grant, in the amount of $100,000, will support his project entitled, “Improving anti-cancer immune …
Stand Up to Cancer-St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Dream Team Award Renewed
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, and the UW Pediatric Dream Team, for their renewal funding through the Stand Up to Cancer-St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Dream Team Translational Cancer Research Award, supported by the …
Graduate Student in Otto Laboratory Awarded ICTR TL1 Grant
Sean Rinella, MPH, Research Assistant in Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant and the Otto Laboratory, was recently awarded a 2-year grant as part of the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) Predoctoral …
CLR 131 Found to Broadly Target Pediatric Solid Tumors
According to a new study by UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) researchers, a broadly applicable cancer therapy currently being developed by Cellectar Biosciences may have the potential to work in pediatric solid tumors. CLR 131 …
MACC Fund Awards 9 Grants
The Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund has funded each of nine separate grant requests made by the Departments of Pediatrics and Human Oncology. This marks the 40th year of the MACC Fund, and …