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===Help Fight Childhood Cancer===

'''Help Fight Childhood Cancer''' project (launched March 13, 2009<ref name="Help Fight Childhood Cancer-WCG" />) is sponsored by the scientists at [[Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute]] and [[Chiba University]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/hfcc/viewHfccAbout.do
|title=Help Fight Childhood Cancer research page on WCG
|publisher=Worldcommunitygrid.org
|date=2009-03-13
|access-date=2010-06-07
|archive-date=2009-04-21
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421073426/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/hfcc/viewHfccAbout.do
|url-status=live
}}</ref> The mission of the Help Fight Childhood Cancer project is to find drugs that can disable three particular proteins associated with [[neuroblastoma]], one of the most frequently occurring [[solid tumors]] in children. Identifying these drugs could potentially make the disease much more curable when combined with [[chemotherapy treatment]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/hfcc/viewHfccMain.do
|title=Help Fight Childhood Cancer research page on WCG
|publisher=Worldcommunitygrid.org
|date=2009-03-13
|access-date=2010-06-07
|archive-date=2009-05-03
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503115920/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/hfcc/viewHfccMain.do
|url-status=live
}}</ref>