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“The Cure Starts Now”: Bringing Us Closer to a Cure

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ORIGINAL POSTING BY: Keith Desserich | January 6, 2025

Thanks to your incredible support, The Cure Starts Now, and the DIPG/DMG Collaborative have funded 17 grants during the 2024 grant cycle! That’s 17 opportunities to make groundbreaking strides toward curing cancer.

When we fund research, we’re not just fulfilling the dreams of our families and warriors who wish for a cure—we’re also supporting the researchers who dedicate their lives to turning those dreams into reality. We often tell our researchers that we have the easy job of raising the money, but they have the hard job of finding a cure.

One such researcher is Dr. Manjeet Rao of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute – UT Health San Antonio, whose grant proposal was accepted and funded with your generous donations. Upon receiving his grant, Dr. Rao shared his gratitude…Read full text here:

 

Since 2004, UT Health San Antonio, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute’s (Greehey CCRI) mission has been to advance scientific knowledge relevant to childhood cancer, contribute to the understanding of its causes, and accelerate the translation of knowledge into novel therapies. Through the discovery, development, and dissemination of new scientific knowledge, Greehey CCRI strives to have a national and global impact on childhood cancer. Our mission consists of three key areas: research, clinical, and education.

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