Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe Cure Starts Now has funded $23,551,110 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 150 grants at over 100 hospitals in 17 countries.
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital – $93,250
$93,250.00
March 2024
SUMOylation as a novel therapeutic target in DIPG
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University of Chicago Medical Center – $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2023
Characterizing and Targeting ABL1 and ABL2 in Medulloblastoma Leptomeningeal Dissemination.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2023
Targeting macrophages to improve the survival of DIPG
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Children’s Cancer Institute – $50,000
$50,000.00
December 2023
A novel formulation to allow the simultaneous targeting of MYCN expression and copper chelation to treat DIPG tumour and overcome multidrug resistance.
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Children’s Hospital Colorado – $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2023
Dual targeting processive transcription for Myc-driven circuitry in medulloblastoma.
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University of Newcastle – $116,997
$116,997.00
December 2023
(2023) Enhancing the recruitment of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes to improve responses to DMG therapies.
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Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology – $98,306
$98,306.00
December 2023
Assessing the potential of the HDAC inhibitor givinostat ± radiotherapy for the treatment of diffuse midline glioma.
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Nemours Children’s Hospital - $50,000
$50,000.00
December 2023
Treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma with the Oncolytic Zika Virus.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2023
Preclinical evaluation of TP-0184 in an autochthonous mouse model of DIPG/DMG
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham – $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2023
Intranasal Delivery of Targeting Nanotherapeutics for DIPG
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Funding of PBTCF 2023 - $25,000
$25,000.00
December 2023
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Children's Cancer Institute – $181,736 USD, $282,633 AUD
$181,736.00
November 2023
Targeting post-translational protein modification to halt Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma tumorgenicity
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – $100,000
$100,000.00
November 2023
CSF Cell-free Tumor DNA (CSF cfDNA) Liquid Biopsies for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients with Primary Brain Tumors
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University of Colorado Denver – $200,000
$200,000.00
November 2023
Preclinical assessment of efficacy and specificity of logic-gated CAR-T cell therapy in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
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SIOPe DIPG/DMG Registry – $772,971 USD, € 723,276
$772,971.00
November 2023
Renewal of the European DIPG/DMG Registry