Research Updates
Research Updates
March 22, 2024

Cal's Angels and the Violet Foundation Pledge $600,000 to the ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation to Co-Fund New Research Fellowships

We are thrilled to announce our latest research endeavor in the fight against pediatric cancer.

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March 13, 2023

Echo 550 Update: Life-Changing Drug Combinations Discovered

After 3 years of research, with Dr. Li\'s work, they have identified a promising panel of drugs that have not been identified before to be active against osteosarcomas.

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January 19, 2022

Echo 550 Explained

Watch this short video from Lurie Children\'s Hospital to see how the Echo 550 is working hard to fight pediatric cancer.

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February 28, 2020

Lurie's Update: February 2020

With the introduction of many targeted therapies, the promise of precision medicine is quickly being realized. Through the novel research being undertaken by cancer biologist Xiao-Nan Li, MD, PhD, we have an enormous opportunity to create a future that offers highly specific, minimally toxic and dramatically effective treatment for all children impacted by cancer.

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December 27, 2019

Lurie's Update: December 2019

The generous support of Cal’s Angels is enabling cancer biologist Xiao-Nan Li, MD, PhD, to break new ground and accelerate progress for children and young adults battling cancer. We appreciate your commitment and are pleased to provide an update on recent activities made possible as a result of your generosity.

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August 21, 2019

One Million to Cal's Angels Drug Discovery Fund

We are so excited to announce that with our most recent donation to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the Cal’s Angels Drug Discovery Fund has reached the ONE MILLION dollar mark! These additional funds will advance pediatric cancer research in many ways!

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January 11, 2019

Innovative Research Leading to Drug Discovery

Cancer biologist Xiao-Nan Li, MD, Ph.D., Director of Pediatric Xenograft Modeling at the Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Lurie Children’s, has pioneered the development of clinically relevant mouse models of pediatric cancers for drug screening.

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September 1, 2017

Lurie's Update: September 2017

Thank you for your support to accelerate discovery of new oncology therapies for young people treated at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

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June 1, 2017

Lurie's Update: June 2017

Your support will accelerate our efforts in pediatric drug discovery, making it possible to bring new therapies from the laboratory to human clinical trials in a more efficient and cost-effective way.

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December 15, 2016

Lurie's Update: December 2016

I would like to express my appreciation for the support and thoughtfulness Cal’s All-Star Angel Foundation has demonstrated in order to provide brighter futures for children and their families. Your investment is enabling us to obtain the necessary personnel and resources to pursue breakthrough research that will produce increasingly more individualized and effective treatments for our patients.

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November 4, 2016

Cal's Angels funds Lurie Children's groundbreaking children's cancer research

Cal’s Angels partners with Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to create new treatments for children’s cancers and save more children’s lives.

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