Founder of The Cure Starts Now Australian Chapter Receives the Order of Australia Medal

Ren Pedersen was presented with the highest honour a citizen can receive for his work with The Cure Starts Now. Townsville, Queensland  January 2022­­ –Ren Pedersen has dedicated the past decade of his life to funding research to find a cure for DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma), which his daughter Amy succumbed to in 2009.  The Cure Starts Now (Australia), under Ren’s leadership has raised over $4 million dollars since it’s inception.  Because of his selflessness and dedication to findin…

Australian Researchers Find New Way to Target Deadly Childhood Cancer With CBL0137

The following work was supported by grants from The Cure Starts Now and the DIPG/DMG Collaborative. Research by Australian scientists could pave the way to a new treatment for a currently incurable brain cancer in children called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG. Affecting about 20 children in Australia each year, DIPG is a devastating disease with an average survival time of just nine months after diagnosis. The research, led by scientists at Children’s Cancer Institute and published…

Townsville's Greatest Ever Medical Achievement?

The Cure Starts Now (Australia) is based in Townsville and home of founder, Ren Pedersen. Ren’s 7yo daughter Amy passed away in 2009. This well known local business man immediately started his tireless journey to help find cures for the deadliest  paediatric brain tumours, creating The Cure Starts Now (Australia). With over $1.5M raised locally in the past few years alone,  life saving research results are now evident and gaining international recognition! LOCAL FUNDING ENABLES RESEARCHERS TO…

The Westmead Institute Grant for Research

The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) was delighted to welcome representatives from The DIPG Collaborative, as they presented a research grant cheque for $146,298.29 to Dr Han Shen.

Gottardo-Symposium 2019

Dr Nick Gottardo speaks about the DIPG Symposium 2019.

Ziegler-Symposium 2019

Dr David Ziegler states "It feels like making a difference is actually finally achievable for DIPG".

Convoy For The Cure's Little Aussie Battler!

2019 Highlights of Townsville's Convoy for A Cure!

QLD DIPG Research Open for Business

Concise 2019 SNO Paeds interview with Prof. Bryan Day, Director - Centre for Child & Adolescent Brain Cancer Research.

Convoy for a Cure!

Finding a cure for children with cancer and the convoy raised over $50,000!

Big pay-off in child cancer drug quest

Although The Cure Starts Now has no formal involvement with this particular trail, we did provide actual hardware & are constantly helping brave parents traverse the unimaginable autopsy donation pathway.  Heartfelt thanks to The Townsville Bulletin's, Kate Banville, for acknowledging the pivitol role played by parents in progressing the most challenging cancer research.