Research

And Grants

To further our mission, we annually award research grants to institutions and medical professionals whose research focuses on cancers that present the greatest opportunities for a homerun cancer cure.

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The Cure Starts Now has funded $22,574,694 in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 139 grants at over 100 hospitals in 17 countries.




Children's National Health System and Children's Research Institute - $125,000

Amount
$125,000.00
Date
December 2015

Comprehensive Molecular-Based Cross-Species Comparison of DIPG Biology

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Boston Children's Hospital - $110,000

Amount
$110,000.00
Date
December 2015

Enabling epigenetic therapies by exploring DIPG chromatin sensitivities

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UCL Institute of Child Health - $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
December 2015

T-cell based immunotherapy for DIPG.

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Dana Farber Cancer Institute - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00
Date
December 2015

Discovering novel epigenetic dependencies in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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VU University Medical Center - $92,950

Amount
$92,950.00
Date
November 2015

Liquid Biopsies for the Monitoring of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

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Children's Cancer Institute - $145,341

Amount
$145,341.00
Date
November 2015

Fenretinide, a novel agent targeting RTK/PI3K/AKT network for the treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
October 2015

Intra-tumoral heterogeneity in diffuse intrinsic pontine and midline high-grade gliomas

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The Hospital for Sick Children - $190,905

Amount
$190,905.00
Date
October 2015

Mitochondrial DNA alterations and their potential as a novel therapeutic target in DIPG

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Children's National Medical Center - $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
October 2015

Evaluating TORC1/2 kinase inhibition in murine and nonhuman primate (NHP) models

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European DIPG Registry - $445,870.12

Amount
$445,870.00
Date
September 2015

European DIPG Registry.

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Institute of Cancer Research - $99,470

Amount
$99,470.00
Date
September 2015

The Evolutionary Dynamics of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

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Stanford University Medical Center - $200,000

Amount
$200,000.00
Date
September 2015

Targeting neuronal activity-regulated DIPG infiltration

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International DIPG Registry - $699,935

Amount
$699,935.00
Date
August 2015

Establishment of an International Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Registry

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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago - $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
April 2015

Increased Tenascin-C (TNC) protein expression in tumor tissue and CSF in DIPG patients

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Stanford University - $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00
Date
April 2015

Tumor Associated Microglia in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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