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2024
Childhood cancer proves no match for Texan who beat the odds to become a Marine (Stars and Stripes - December 26, 2024)
Drs. Brenner, Rooney named National Academy of Inventors fellows (Baylor College of Medicine - December 10, 2024)
Child with leukemia says she got a glimpse of heaven (FOX 26 - December 4, 2024)
Outpatient CAR T: Safe, effective, accessible (MedScape - November 1, 2024)
Grandmother, 1-year-old granddaughter battle cancer together (ABC 13 KTRK - November 18, 2024)
Grandma and her toddler granddaughter face cancer at the same time: 'The most surreal thing' (People - November 17, 2024)
Grandmother, 1-year-old granddaughter battle cancer together (Good Morning America - November 13, 2024)
Tisagenlecleucel ‘can be curative’ for some children with acute leukemia (Healio - August 12, 2024)
Teen cancer survivor set her sights on becoming a Marine. Now she’s weeks away from bootcamp (People - July 6, 2024)
Roman Reigns’ Cancer Update, Arizona Rep. announces cancer diagnosis and more (Cure Today - April 5, 2024)
Living a dual dream: Nigeria star Michelle Alozie on life as a professional footballer and cancer researcher (Olympics - March 28, 2024)
NWSL's Alozie balances soccer with cancer research (ESPN - March 27, 2024)
The medical field helped Michelle Alozie build an ‘identity outside of soccer’ (Forbes - January 23, 2024)
Michelle Alozie: Beyond the pitch, a dynamo of impact on and off the field (KPRC 2 - January 19, 2024)
2023
Children With Down Syndrome More Vulnerable to Leukemia (HealthDay - November 1, 2023)
Examining outcomes in children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Baylor College of Medicine - October 30, 2023)
Michelle Alozie balances Houston Dash soccer, medicine (Defender Network - October 5, 2023)
From the lab to the World Cup: Meet footballer–scientist Michelle Alozie (Nature - August 29, 2023)
SQUID increases accessibility to single-cell tumor profiling to improve treatment outcomes (Baylor College of Medicine - August 22, 2023)
Houston Dash stars to battle each other on Women’s World Cup Field (Houstonia - July 20, 2023)
Houston Dash standout who does cancer research selected for 2023 World Cup (ABC13 KTRK - June 16, 2023)
Edinburg teen celebrating the end of his cancer treatment (KGRV 5 - May 6, 2023)
CPRIT approves $90 million to boost cancer research, prevention efforts across Texas (Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) - February 15, 2023)
‘Getting Close’ to making stem, bone marrow transplants safer for patients with blood cancer (Cure Today - January 16, 2023)
2022
11 year old girl gives back after beating cancer (CBS 4 - November 12, 2022)
Promising approach to mitigate complications of leukemia treatment (Baylor College of Medicine - October 6, 2022)
In the lab: Houston Dash's Michelle Alozie has 'other' career at Texas Children's Hospital (September 22, 2022)
Pilot grants awarded to researchers for innovative therapies (September 7, 2022 - Texas Children's Hospital)
See how LLS® is funding life-saving research (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - September 5, 2022)
Pediatric oncology social worker finds out her son, 13, has leukemia after he struggled to exercise, now she’s urging parents to listen to their children (SurvivorNet - February 16, 2022)
Mother shares story of son’s cancer fight (CBS 23 - February 15, 2022)
2021
A potential Achilles heel of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (Baylor College of Medicine - October 28, 2021)
Gene RARA surfaces as potential drug target in pediatric AML (Baylor College of Medicine - September 23, 2021)
Teen leukemia patient raises awareness of childhood cancer (FOX26 - September 22, 2021)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Valley mother shares son's story (KRGV 5 - September 8, 2021)
2020
Understanding the cancer risk in children with birth defects (Baylor College of Medicine - June 25, 2020)
Researchers engineer better way to target leukemia cells (Baylor College of Medicine - April 6, 2020)
Neighbors welcome home 11-year-old cancer survivor (KHOU 11 - March 29, 2020)
U.S.-China collaboration may boost childhood leukemia treatments (U.S. News and World Report - January 28, 2020)
2019
11-year-old boy rings bell after defeating leukemia (ABC13 KTRK - December 27, 2019)
Toddler’s siblings step up to help him get through treatment (Texas Children's Hospital - December 18, 2019)
Teen undergoes bone marrow transplant after second relapse (Texas Children's Hospital - December 6, 2019)
Applying basic science helps predict poor treatment outcomes in ALL (Baylor College of Medicine - November 21, 2019)
Gift of life: Baby receives lifesaving donation of cord blood (KPRC 2 - October 24, 2019)
Mom & daughter share survivor bond, same oncologist decades apart (FOX 26 - October 8, 2019)
Exploring the risk of ALL in children with Down syndrome (Baylor College of Medicine - September 24, 2019)
Disparities and Outcomes in Acute Leukemia: The 2nd Symposium on Childhood Cancer Health Disparities will be November 4, 2019
Cancer and Hematology Center honors staff with Bravo Award (Texas Children's Hospital - May 13, 2019)
9-year-old girl survives Harvey, leukemia (KHOU 11 - May 10, 2019)
2018
$5 million grant to expand blood cancer therapy options (Baylor College of Medicine - October 18, 2018)
Hispanic children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at higher risk for neurotoxicity (Healio HemOnc Today - October 11, 2018)
Texas Children's Hospital pediatric cancer doctor receives $300K in Hyundai grant (Houston Chronicle - September 28, 2018)
Grant supports identifying leukemia, Down syndrome link (Baylor College of Medicine - September 25, 2018)
St. Baldrick’s Foundation awards seven Baylor faculty with pediatric cancer research grants (Baylor College of Medicine - July 19, 2018)
Childhood leukemia survivor now a happy, active 4th-grader (Cancer.org - April 16, 2018)
Spring teen battling second round of Leukemia (Houston Chronicle - February 2, 2018)
Klein High School student prepared to fight after rare cancer returns (ABC 13 KTRK - January 11, 2018)