Liam, who was the original #GoodCookie and our founder Gretchen’s son, would be turning 16 today! And there’s no doubt he would have been the first in line at the DMV, waiting to take the driving test to get his license. Not a day goes by that Liam isn’t on our minds. We know the work we’re doing in his honor is exactly what he would want and expect from us. And so today, we asked a few people — from his nurses and teachers to his best friend — for their memories of Liam, their ideas of what he would have been up to on this special day and how he remains such a vibrant part of their lives 10 years later.
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I was drawn to pediatric oncology for two reasons. First, the connection that we have with our patients and families is like no other specialty I saw during my training. Second, the tremendous opportunities for making advances through clinical trials was incredibly appealing.
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It is a great privilege and honor to receive funding from Cookies for Kids’ Cancer and I am immensely grateful for your support. Thanks to your generous funding we will be able to focus on understanding T-cell exhaustion as the basis for diverse treatment outcome in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This research would not be possible without your support and will be invaluable for our goal to develop immunotherapies for treatment of refractory or relapsed disease.
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