Project Details

CWSF 2017 - Regina, Saskatchewan

Novel Pediatric Cancer Therapy: Targeting Epigenetics to Induce Differentiation

Challenge:	Health
Category:	Senior
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Abstract:	An Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibitor was investigated for it's effect on differentiation pathways in neuroblastoma cells. Differentiation is the process of specializing and maturing, by inducing this in neuroblastoma it allows for better treatment outcomes and lower chance of relapse in patients. The inhibitor shows promise as a new therapeutic agent for treating neuroblastoma through differentiation.

Awards	Value
University of Ottawa Undergraduate Research Scholarship Award Senior Sponsor: University of Ottawa, Faculty of Science	$10 000.00
Youth Can Innovate Awards Senior Sponsor: The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation	$1 000.00
Challenge Award - Health Senior Sponsor: AstraZeneca Canada
Excellence Award - Senior Gold Medal Sponsor: Youth Science Canada	$250.00
Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science	$5 000.00
UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award Senior Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver)	$4 000.00
University of Manitoba Entrance Scholarship Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: University of Manitoba	$5 000.00
University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship Senior Gold Medallist - $4,000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: University of Ottawa	$4 000.00
Western University Scholarship Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: Western University	$4 000.00
Best Project Award Sponsor: Youth Science Canada	$2 500.00
Total	$35 750.00