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Research Recipient Type: Feature Grant

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Silvia Penuela – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Silvia Penuela – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient

This funding has enabled us to continue the promising research on targeting pannexin channels to stop communication between cells and reduce the growth and spread of glioblastoma tumours. Thanks to this funding we can support the technicians, graduate students, and expensive supplies we need to use in the lab to carry out this research.

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Sylvia Cheng – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Sylvia Cheng – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient

On behalf of my collaborating investigators and myself, I would like to express immense gratitude to all of you for supporting our research that we know will have profound impact on the practice and delivery of care for pediatric brain tumour patients across Canada.

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Patrick Gunning – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient

Cancer treatment has undergone many advancements in the past decade to improve patient quality of life and to provide new and improved treatment strategies. However, there is still a lot of work to be done, with current treatment strategies succumbing to resistance, and other more rare cancers remaining undruggable.

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Melanie Keats – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Melanie Keats – 2022 Feature Grant Recipient

Glioblastoma (a fast-growing brain cancer) is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults. As a devastating diagnosis with a high mortality rate and rapid loss of function and independence, it is imperative to consider factors such as symptom management, maintaining independence and preserving or improving quality of life for the duration of the patients’ life.

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Leandra Desjardins/Marco Bonanno – 2021 Pediatric Feature Grant Recipients Featured Image

Leandra Desjardins/Marco Bonanno – 2021 Pediatric Feature Grant Recipients

Leandra Desjardins / Marco Bonanno – Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital Project Title: “Targeted transition readiness workshops for pediatric brain tumour survivors: […]

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Cynthia Hawkins – 2021 Pediatric Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Cynthia Hawkins – 2021 Pediatric Feature Grant Recipient

Cynthia Hawkins – Hospital for Sick Children Project Title: “Investigating treatment targets in the DIPG immune landscape using single cell technology” […]

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Sheila Singh – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Sheila Singh – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient

Project Title: “Targeting Glioblastoma Recurrence with anti-ROBO1 Immunotherapy”

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Amit Singnurkar – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Amit Singnurkar – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient

Project Title: “Mapping of Essential Amino Acid Metabolism for the Detection of Glioblastoma Multiforme Spread in Post-Surgical Patients”

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David Fortin – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient

David Fortin - Universite de Sherbrooke - Project Title: “Radioisotope Embedded in GlioTrap for Glioblastoma Treatment”.

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Phedias Diamandis – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Phedias Diamandis – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient

Project Title: “Development of deep learning approaches for deciphering and targeting intra-tumoural heterogeneity in Glioblastoma”

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John Trant – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

John Trant – 2020 Feature Grant Recipient

Project title: “A universal drug delivery vehicle to transport drugs across the blood-brain barrier to target Glioblastoma”

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Janet Ellis – 2019 Feature Grant Recipient Featured Image

Janet Ellis – 2019 Feature Grant Recipient

Janet Ellis, University of Toronto. Project Title: “Evaluating the Impact of Dignity Therapy on Quality of Life in Patients with Brain Tumour: A Pilot Study”

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