Cleveland Clinic Children’s will receive about $1.5 million to create a new, targeted RNA-based vaccine to fight two rare but aggressive childhood cancers: Ewing sarcoma and desmoplastic small round cell tumors.

The money is part of a $5 million statewide investment in pediatric cancer research that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Friday at the Clinic.

The grant is allocated out of next year’s state budget and will be split between five medical centers and used for research studies that aim to improve the detection and treatment of cancer in children.

DeWine said he’s long been committed to increasing funding for research and treatment for children’s illnesses, which he said are underfunded compared to adults.

“It used to be that you only had a survival rate on average of 20% of chi

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