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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.






SIOPe DIPG/DMG Registry – $715,852 USD, € 643,014

Amount
$715,852.00 USD
Date
November 2023

Renewal of the European DIPG/DMG Registry

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital – $193,284

Amount
$193,284.00 USD
Date
November 2023

Targeting diffuse midline gliomas with innovative T cell immunotherapy

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital – $50,000

Amount
$50,000.00 USD
Date
May 2023

Exploring Novel Targets In DIPG

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University Medicine Göttingen – $49,333 USD

Amount
$49,333.00 USD
Date
May 2023

Starve the monster: Multi-metabolic treatment strategies for H3.3K27M-mutant DIPG/DMG

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Funding of PBTCF 2023 - $25,000

Amount
$25,000.00 USD
Date
January 2023

University of Queensland Diamantina Institute – $100,000 USD / $151,000 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Innovative Models of the Brain Microenvironment to Identify New Treatments for Medulloblastoma

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Erasmus University Medical Center – $432,354

Amount
$432,354.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Development and optimization of targeted radiopharmaceutical therapies for pediatric brain tumors; a world-first translational study. Acronym: TARGET-FIRST

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center – $60,000

Amount
$60,000.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Targeting Histone Lysine Demethylases to Treat Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center – $153,867

Amount
$153,867.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Combining innovative proton radiotherapy with targeted and immune therapies to treat DMG/DIPG

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Hunter Medical Research Institute – $232,932 USD / $351,272 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$232,932.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Enhancing the recruitment of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes to improve responses to DMG therapies

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SONALASENSE – $198,436

Amount
$198,436.00 USD
Date
November 2022

A Phase 1/2 Study of Sonodynamic Therapy Using SONALA-001 and Exablate 4000 Type 2 in Patients With DIPG

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UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2022

The Role of QPRT and NAD Pathways in DIPG Treatment Resistance (Continued)

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The Hospital For Sick Children (SickKids) – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Synthetic lethality screening with methionine restriction for treatment of DIPG

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – $100,000

Amount
$100,000.00 USD
Date
November 2022

Viroimmunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors

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Hunter Medical Research Institute – $200,000 USD / $302,000 AUD (Approx)

Amount
$200,000.00 USD
Date
November 2022

DMG COMBATT 2.0: Diffuse Midline Glioma COMbined Anti-Tumor Targeting 2.0

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