February 2022

Make an impact – find a cure. Today is Rare Disease Day! Make an impact – find a cure 300 million sounds like a lot but those 300 million people worldwide who are suffering from rare diseases mark only 3.87% of the world’s population. If you are the only one in a group of 2,000, […]

Rewarding work with a big impact – today is International Childhood Cancer Day! Science Starlight: today’s research efforts for a better future About 300 children and adolescents in Austria develop cancer each year. The young researchers at St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (St. Anna CCRI) work hard to bring this number closer to Zero

Women in Science Day 2022 Today is Women in Science Day and we would like to present unique women of our research institute. This day is to pay special tribute to the significant role that women and girls play in science! The “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” was established in 2015 by

St. Anna CCRI Facts & Figures on World Cancer Day 2022 Today is World Cancer Day 2022! Check out our video on facts & figures around St. Anna CCRI and pediatric cancer.

Chromosome 21 is the most affected chromosome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Many of its numerical and structural abnormalities define diagnostically and clinically important subgroups. In their recent publication, investigators from St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute, St. Anna Children’s Hospital and Labdia Labordiagnostik GmbH have now provided a comprehensive overview of all these types