Students from Nipmuc High School in Upton Massachusetts had the exciting opportunity to visit Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier’s research lab at Dana-Farber’s Cancer Research Institute in Boston. Dr. Stegmaier is a leading researcher working with a molecule, THZ531, found to show promising results in fighting Ewing’s sarcoma cells. She is also working on new treatments for Leukemia [...]
Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer that is most frequently found in children and adolescents between the ages of 10 and 20 years old. Tumors often originate in the long, large bones of the body, including the hip, thigh, shin, chest, and arm bones. Besides originating from the bone, sometimes this tumor can form just outside the [...]
Over the last five years, Wildcats Go Gold Spirit Day has become the most popular Fall event for the Mt. Pleasant Wildcats. Spirit Day brings together athletes, cheerleaders, spectators and families from Mt. Pleasant, Armonk, Pleasantville and Valhalla communities to stand up together in the fight against childhood cancer. In addition to great football, attendees enjoyed [...]
As the sun rose on Saturday, September 14, 158 athletes gathered together, doing final bike checks, placing their running shoes in perfect position for speedy transitions and slipping into their wet suits for a 7am start of the 7th annual TYathlon at Lake Mahopac, NY. Within 50 minutes, our first participant crossed the [...]
