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Dr. Shi of Boston Childrens Awarded $110,000 Grant
January 20, 2016
The Cure Starts Now Foundation, along with the DIPG Collaborative, awarded another pediatric brain cancer research grant to Dr. Yang Shi of Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, MA. This $110,000 grant will fund Dr. Shi's "Enabling Epigenetic Profiling of Diffuse Invasive Pontine Glioma Cell In Vitro" study. To date, The Cure Starts Now Foundation has raised over $6.7 million in groundbreaking pediatric brain cancer research. The Cure Starts Now Foundation is focused on finding the homerun cure…
Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Awarded $100,000 Grant
January 15, 2016
The Cure Starts Now Foundation, along with the DIPG Collaborative, awarded another pediatric brain cancer research grant right in their backyard to Dr. Mariko DeWire of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. This $100,000 grant will fund her "Early Phase 2 study of LEE011, a CDK4/6 inhibitor" study. The check was presented to Dr. DeWire at the Lauren Hill Tipoff Classic in Cincinnati, OH in November 2015. To date, The Cure Starts Now Foundation has raised over $6.7 million in…
Dr. Li of Baylor College of Medicine Awarded $200,000 Grant
January 11, 2016
The Cure Starts Now Foundation, along with the DIPG Collaborative, awarded another pediatric brain cancer research grant to Dr. Li of Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. The North Texas and Southeast Texas chapters of The Cure Starts Now Foundation surprised Dr. Li with the grant for $200,000 for his "targeting DIPG's through Super-activation of Steroid Receptor Co-activators" study. To date, The Cure Starts Now Foundation has raised over $6.7 million in…
The Cure Starts Now awards $100,000 research grant to Dana Farber
January 7, 2016
The Cure Starts Now Foundation, along with the DIPG Collaborative, awarded another pediatric brain cancer research grant to Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. The Massachusetts Chapter of The Cure Starts Now Foundation surprised Dr. Beroukhim with the grant for $100,000 for his "characterizing resistance mechanisms to radiation therapy in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma" study. To date, The Cure Starts Now Foundation has raised over $6.7 million in groundbreaking pediatric brain…
West Sixth Brewing and Stagnaro Distributing to make donation to cancer research
August 1, 2015
West Sixth Brewing and Stagnaro Distributing are set to make a donation of $3,392 to The Cure Starts Now Foundation on August 13 through the West Sixth “Pay It Forward” program. By purchasing The Pay it Forward Cocoa Porter, West Sixth donates 50 cents for every 6-pack sold to a nominated charity of choice. The Cure Starts Now was the charity of choice during the second quarter of 2015 for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, where 3,392 6-packs were sold equating in a donation of $1,696.…
Lauren Hill, inspirational college basketball player, dies after battle with brain cancer
April 10, 2015
TODAY.com
Lauren Hill, the college basketball player who became an inspiration with her bravery in the face of an inoperable brain tumor, died at 19 years old on Friday morning...
The Inspirational Story of Lauren Hill
March 20, 2015
The View
There’s no one more deserving of being our first 'View-er of The Week' than Lauren Hill. When Hill was told she had months to live, she put on a brave front. The 19-year-old from Lawrenceburg, Indiana had been diagnosed with an inoperable from of brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). After her diagnosis, Hill fulfilled her dream of playing college basketball for Mount St. Joseph’s University; she was later named an honorary coach of the team and has raised over $1 million…
Teen basketball player with brain tumor raises $1.4 million for cancer
March 2, 2015
TODAY.com
Lauren Hill, the Indiana college freshman who played basketball last season while battling an inoperable brain tumor, continues to inspire people worldwide with her determination and courage. Over the past several months, Hill has helped raise an astounding $1.4 million to help fund research to fight cancers like hers.
Lauren Hill: 'I want everybody to know I never give up'
December 17, 2014
USA TODAY
The day we visited was a good day, the kind that occur less and less for Lauren Hill. She had only the pain in her joints. No dizziness, no migraines, no need for a wheelchair. She laughed and smiled and paid special attention to Sophie, the toy poodle she got shortly after her diagnosis some 14 months ago. She spoke easily of the tragic miracle her life has become. "My body is shutting down, and there's nothing I can do,'' she said. Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Such an intricate name…
Hill fulfills dream, nets 4 points
November 4, 2014
ESPN.com
CINCINNATI -- The first basket of the 2014-15 college basketball season went, fittingly, to Lauren Hill of Division III Mount St. Joseph. Hill, a freshman with inoperable brain cancer, took a pass in the post and hit a left-handed layup just 17 seconds into Sunday's game against Hiram College. The NCAA allowed the schools to move the game up two weeks in the hope Hill would be healthy enough to play. In September, doctors told her she has only a few months to live...
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