Sunday, July 24, 2011

46 Mommas Shave for the Brave - DC!

DC Candlelighters would like to share this exciting event:

Save the Date!
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
5pm-9pm
Union Station, Washington, D.C.


46 Mommas

will be shaving their heads to help raise awareness of childhood cancer and raise funds for the St. Baldrick's Foundation to support childhood cancer research.



Join us for a powerful evening

to honor the children fighting cancer,

the survivors and those we have lost.




To learn more about the
46 Mommas and our mission, visit:
www.46mommas.com



To learn more about the

St. Baldrick's Foundation, visit:

www.StBaldricks.org

For more information or questions, please e-mail info@46mommas.com

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Epigenetic pathway and new drug show promise in reversing a hard-to-treat childhood cancer - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Epigenetic pathway and new drug show promise in reversing a hard-to-treat childhood cancer - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

A difficult-to-treat form of childhood leukemia relies on changes in the structure of DNA – so-called epigenetic changes – to wreak genomic havoc within white blood cells, according to one of two studies conducted by a research team at Children's Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.