OUR RESEARCH

The Focus of our Research The Maris Laboratory and Translational Research Program is focused on the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, a malignancy of the developing sympathetic nervous system. This disease continues to exact a significant proportion of overall pediatric cancer morbidity and mortality. The research plan is purposefully comprehensive, with focused investigations spanning from the genetic basis of neuroblastoma to Phase 3 clinical trials.
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OUR PUBLICATIONS

• >> Identification of ALK as a major familial neuroblastoma predisposition gene. Nature. 2008
• >> Common variations in BARD1 influence susceptibility to high-risk neuroblastoma. Nat Genet. 2009
• >> Copy number variation at 1q21.1 associated with neuroblastoma. Nature. 2009
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