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Striving to find the cause—and the cure.

At Tomorrows Children’s Fund, our ultimate dream is to provide a total cure for all children with cancer and serious blood disorders. And because this goal can only be reached through a greater understanding of the cause and treatment of these diseases, one of our highest priorities is to support ongoing clinical and laboratory research.

To this end, Tomorrows Children’s Fund was instrumental in the January 2002 opening of the David Joseph Jurist Research Center at Hackensack University Medical Center; a five story, 55,000 square foot facility that gives investigators all the state-of-the-art laboratories and technology required for groundbreaking scientific discovery under one roof. Named for Mr. David Jurist, who is widely recognized for his commitment to children and Co-
President of Tomorrows Children’s Fund, this premier institution houses a state-of-the-art center for clinical research, as well as world-class laboratories for:

  • Molecular biology
  • Immunology
  • Pharmacology
  • Virology

Here, physicians and scientists from around the globe work together to glean new insights into cancer and serious blood disorders and find the advanced treatments that will stop them in their tracks. For example, active clinical research and laboratory programs are currently underway in stem cell and transplantation immunology. And through ongoing clinical research, our physicians have also been leaders in the development of national studies in:

  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia
  • Hodgkin’s disease
  • Bone tumors
  • Bone marrow transplantation
  • The development of new chemotherapeutic agents to treat cancer
Through the David Joseph Jurist Research Center, we can now give those fighting childhood cancer and serious blood disorders the benefit of medicine’s most promising breakthroughs at the earliest possible stages. We’re committed to supporting further research into the cause and treatment of these devastating diseases. And we’re hopeful that the cure so many doctors and scientists are working toward today will be a reality for tomorrow’s children.