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Dr. David Ziegler Discusses the Value of Collaboration at the DIP/DMG Symposium and The Cure STarts Now Foundation's Emphasis on Innovative Research

Dr. David Ziegler, Associate Professor at the Children’s Cancer Institute and at Sydney Children’s Hospital “The DIPG|DMG Symposium has been absolutely incredible collaborative affair bringing together the best and the brightest researchers and doctors and scientists from around the world. Together with parents and fundraisers and stakeholders to put all our minds together to come up with new ideas to look at what’s been achieved in the last couple of years, to work out what’s been done in th…

Dr. Chris Jones Talks About the Value of Collaboration and the Funding Efforts of The Cure Starts Now

Dr. Chris Jones, The Institute of Cancer Research, at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. “Bringing together these kind of researchers and families at this sort of meeting, this is really probably my favorite meeting that I go to: it's really inspiring to see all the other researchers and clinicians, hearing about what they're doing, look for obvious areas that we could work together, but also being in the same room as the families, and the foundations, hearing their stories.” About the Va…

Dr. Nick Gottardo Discusses Recent Advances in Research of DIPG and the Success of the DIPG/DMG Symposium

Dr. Nick Gottardo, Head of Pediatric Oncology Hematology, Perth Children's Hospital and Co-Lead of Brain Tumor Research at the Telethon Kids Institute. The Cure Starts Now Medical Advisory Council Member “We now know the disease much better, we understand it much better. And if you understand something then you can exploit vulnerabilities in it.” About the DIPG | DMG Symposium “The meeting that occurs every two years is a meeting that brings all the best minds working in DIPG regardless…

Dr. Michelle Monje Discusses Recent Advances From a Project Funded By The Cure Starts Now on the Cellular Communication of DIPG

"DIPG very, very closely resembles a normal glial precursor cell, called an oligodendrocytes precursor cell and that cell type, is the only cell type - the only glial cell type - that actually forms synapses with neurons. We've known this for the last twenty years although the field is still trying very hard to understand what it is these neuron-to-glial synapses do in the healthy brain. When we thought that perhaps DIPG cells and other high-grade glioma cells might be similarly forming synaps…

Local Giving Tuesday Event Goes International

The Cure Starts Now breaks records raising over $273,000 in online telethon Cincinnati, OH | December 3, 2019 — Cincinnati-based and founded charity, The Cure Starts Now Foundation, held its second annual Giving Tuesday online telethon on Tuesday, December 3rd.  Initiated by the 44 chapters of The Cure Starts Now in 3 countries, 2019 also hosted about 60 local participants at its Cincinnati based headquarters as part of its “100 Families Strong” event.  In total over 154 families and their chil…

INTERNATIONAL CINCINNATI-BASED CHARITY ANNOUNCES 44TH CHAPTER

The Cure Starts Now adds Tennessee chapter in honor of 7-year-old cancer warrior Cincinnati, OH | December 6, 2019 — Cincinnati-based and founded charity, The Cure Starts Now Foundation, added a 44th location in honor of Adeline "Addie Mae" Underhill who was diagnosed with DIPG just after her 7th birthday on July 30th, 2017. Her family now continues the fight for Adeline by helping to fund DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) and DMG (diffuse midline glioma) cancer research through The Cur…

The Cure Starts Now Australia Chapter Honored for Research Advocacy

Sydney, Australia — In an event at the NSW Australian Governor’s Residence by the Children’s Cancer Institute, Ren and Sharon Pedersen were honored for their dedication to brain cancer research.  Founders of The Cure Starts Now Australia in tribute to their daughter Amy who fought DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), their efforts have led to the employment of 18 full-time staff in the CCIA’s DIPG lab and have already produced many revolutionary discoveries in DIPG and DMG (diffuse midline g…

Dallas Cowboys Punter Chris Jones Selects The Cure Starts Now for My Cleats My Cause Fundraiser

Dallas, TX—Chris Jones, Punter #6 for the Dallas Cowboys, has chosen The Cure Starts Now and The Cure Starts Now Austin Chapter Team Brock to be represented on one of his cleats for “My Cause My Cleats” which will be worn in week 14’s game against the Chicago Bears at 7:20 PM on FOX/NFL. Chris Jones and his wife, Sara, met Brock, the inspiration behind The Cure Starts Now Austin Chapter, during his battle with DIPG on September 25, 2016 at the Cowboys home game against Chicago, and graciously i…

The Cure Starts Now and DIPG Collaborative Unite to Fund Innovative Research at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan Researcher Seeks to Explore Viability of CBD Therapies in Treating Rare Brain Cancers Ann Arbor, MI | November 11, 2019 — Representatives from The Cure Starts Now and the DIPG Collaborative surprised University of Michigan assistant professor Carl Koschmann last Thursday with nearly $160,000 in funding for his research exploring the targetability of specific proteins in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) tumor cells in conjunction with CBD therapies. The Cure Star…

Dr. Chris Jones talks about the value of collaboration, and the DIPG Registry, at the 2019 DIPG | DMG Symposium.

In August 2019, The Cure Starts Now hosted the DIPG|DMG Symposium In Sydney, Australia. In addition to hearing the latest results from researchers around the globe, we also had the chance to honor some of our long-time collaborators. Dr. Chris Jones was presented with the much overdue "DIPG Researcher of the Year" award for both his work and leadership in the DIPG Community. We were able to sit down with Dr. Jones to discuss his views on the importance of collaboration.  The DIPG|DMG Symposiu…