Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe Cure Starts Now has funded $25,395,277 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 167 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.

UCL Institute of Child Health - $200,000
$200,000.00
December 2015
T-cell based immunotherapy for DIPG.

Dana Farber Cancer Institute - $82,863
$82,863.00
December 2015
Discovering novel epigenetic dependencies in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

VU University Medical Center - $92,950
$92,950.00
November 2015
Liquid Biopsies for the Monitoring of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

Children's Cancer Institute - $145,341
$145,341.00
November 2015
Fenretinide, a novel agent targeting RTK/PI3K/AKT network for the treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - $200,000
$200,000.00
October 2015
Intra-tumoral heterogeneity in diffuse intrinsic pontine and midline high-grade gliomas

The Hospital for Sick Children - $190,905
$190,905.00
October 2015
Mitochondrial DNA alterations and their potential as a novel therapeutic target in DIPG

Children's National Medical Center - $200,000
$200,000.00
October 2015
Evaluating TORC1/2 kinase inhibition in murine and nonhuman primate (NHP) models

European DIPG Registry - $445,870.12
$445,870.00
September 2015
European DIPG Registry.

Institute of Cancer Research - $99,470
$99,470.00
September 2015
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

Stanford University Medical Center - $200,000
$200,000.00
September 2015
Targeting neuronal activity-regulated DIPG infiltration

International DIPG Registry - $699,935
$699,935.00
August 2015
Establishment of an International Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Registry

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago - $50,000
$50,000.00
April 2015
Increased Tenascin-C (TNC) protein expression in tumor tissue and CSF in DIPG patients

Stanford University - $50,000
$50,000.00
April 2015
Tumor Associated Microglia in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

Children's Cancer Institute - $81,683
$81,683.00
February 2015
Facilitates Chromatin Transcription Complex (FACT): A novel therapeutic target against Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - $100,000
$100,000.00
February 2015
Epigenetic alterations as therapeutic targets in pediatric brain tumors