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The 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.

Grant Approval Process

Grant Approval Process

The Cure Starts Now has funded $29,679,360 USD in pediatric brain cancer research in partnership with the DIPG / DMG Collaborative. This includes 196 grants at over 100 hospitals in 29 countries.






University of California, San Francisco - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
September 2014

Single-cell profiling and targeting of developmentally regulated signaling programs in DIPG.

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VU University Medical Center - $30,529

Amount
$30,529.00 USD
Date
September 2014

European DIPG Registry

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Institute of Cancer Research - $95,325

Amount
$95,325.00 USD
Date
September 2014

The evolutionary dynamics of DIPG

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The Hospital of Sick Children - $99,400

Amount
$99,400.00 USD
Date
September 2014

Development of subgroup-specific models of paediatric DIPG

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Duke University Medical Center - $85,394

Amount
$85,394.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Development of peptide vaccine for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

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Yale University - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Pre-Clinical Development of Novel DIPG Radiosensitizers

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Monash Institute of Medical Research - $99,620 USD / $94,450 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$99,620.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Targeted Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy for DIPG

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital - $205,000

Amount
$205,000.00 USD
Date
November 2013

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

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Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Ex-vivo expanded natural killer (NK) cells to target DIPG tumor cells in pre-clinical studies

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The Hospital of Sick Children - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Investigating Mechanisms of Therapeutic Resistance in DIPG.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Phase II Trial of Molecularly Determined Treatment of Children and Young Adults with Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas.

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Texas Children's Cancer Center - $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Targeting DIPGs in vivo in Intra-brain Stem Xenograft Mouse Models through Combined Radiation and Oncolytic Viral Therapy.

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Children's National Medical Center - $99,979

Amount
$99,979.00 USD
Date
November 2013

Comparative Proteomic and RNA Sequencing of DIPGs

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Sydney Children's Hospital - $100,000 USD / $105,370 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
January 2013

Research of treatments for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)

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Stanford University Medical Center - $35,589

Amount
$35,589.00 USD
Date
October 2012

A Combinatorial Approach to Target Cellular Subpopulations in DIPG

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