Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe Cure Starts Now has funded $24,388,300 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 156 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - $100,000
$100,000.00
December 2015
An early Phase 2 Study of LEE011, a CDK4/6 Inhibitor, following radiation therapy in Children with Newly Diagnosed non-biopsied Diffuse Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) and Rb+ biopsied DIPG and High Grade Gliomas (HGG)
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital - $200,000
$200,000.00
December 2015
Targeting DIPGs through Super-activation of Steroid Receptor Co-activators: An in vivo Study in Patient-derived Intra-brain Stem Xenograft Mouse Models
Children's National Health System and Children's Research Institute - $125,000
$125,000.00
December 2015
Comprehensive Molecular-Based Cross-Species Comparison of DIPG Biology
Boston Children's Hospital - $110,000
$110,000.00
December 2015
Enabling epigenetic therapies by exploring DIPG chromatin sensitivities
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