grants awarded

University of Minnesota - $50,000 (March 2010)

Imiquimod/BTIC Lysate-Based Vaccine Immunotherapy for DIPG
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center - $75,000 (March 2010)

Telomerase: A Therapeutic Target in Pediatric Brain Tumors
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Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Hospital - $91,740 (March 2010)

Phase I Study of tumor-targeting Convection-Enhanced Delivery (CED) of radio immunotherapy for Diffuse Pontine Glioma in Children.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - $50,000 (July, 2009)

Phase I Study of the combination of Vandetanib and Dasatanib administered during and after radiation therapy in the children with newly diagnosed DIPG.
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center - $50,000 (July, 2009)

National expansion of the study of Radiotherapy and concurrent Bevacizumab +/- Temozolamide followed by Bevacizumab, Irinotecan +/- Temozolamide in patients with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas and DIPG.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - $10,000 (July, 2009)
(in association with Smiles for Sophie Forever)

Second phase of genetic analysis of DIPG.
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center - $50,000
(September, 2008)

Study of Radiotherapy and concurrent Bevacizumab +/- Temozolamide followed by Bevacizumab, Irinotecan +/- Temozolamide in patients with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas and DIPG.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital - $25,000 (September, 2008)

A multi-institutional study in which an extensive analysis of the genetic make-up of brainstem gliomas will be performed to gain a better understanding of the underlying genetic abnormalities.
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Prospective Collection of Tissue Samples
at Autopsy Effectiveness