Dr. Soheil Meshinchi, Project Stella - $50k​

Project Stella is led by Dr. Soheil Meshinchi, a world-renowned pediatric AML expert at The Fred Hutch Cancer Center. This unique initiative is focused on developing targeted treatments for an aggressive form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia called AML-RAM/CBF-GLIS. This form of AML impacts children under the age of five and currently carries a dismal 8-14% survival rate. The aim of Project Stella is simple: identify the targets, attack the targets, cure the cancer.