Research
And Grants
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Submit Grant ApplicationThe Cure Starts Now follows an extensive grant approval process to ensure your dollars make the biggest impact to homerun cancer research. Take comfort in knowing that The Cure Starts Now only funds: research that follows our mission, research that is non-duplicative, and research that is financially sound.
The Cure Starts Now has funded $23,476,855 (USD) in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 150 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.
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
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $176,186
$176,186.00
November 2014
International DIPG Registry
University of California, San Francisco - $100,000
$100,000.00
September 2014
Single-cell profiling and targeting of developmentally regulated signaling programs in DIPG.