News and research
Updates from the labs we fund, the families we stand with, and the events that make it possible.
Research Updates A New Chapter for MAF’s Ependymoma Research Funding
New partner, same mission: Faster progress for kids with brain tumors Thanks to you, The Morgan Adams Foundation (MAF) has funded groundbreaking research into one of the toughest…
August 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Research Updates Research identifies ‘genetic switch’ that may protect brain cancer stem cells
Chemotherapy and radiation kill rapidly dividing cells, a hallmark of cancer (and hair). However, cancer stem cells do not divide rapidly and so tend to resist these treatments.…
March 25, 2020 · 3 min read
Morgan Adams Foundation Twenty years ago…
November 7, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of Morgan Adams, in whose honor our organization is named. Funding for pediatric cancer research remains a critical…
November 7, 2018 · 1 min read
Ependymoma International collaboration enables MAF researchers to apply for grant worth $9.6 million
Nick Foreman, MD, the Seebaum-Tschetter Chair of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Children’s Hospital Colorado, has been leading the way in moving groundbreaking kids’ cancer research from the lab to…
August 23, 2018 · 3 min read
