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The Cure For Life Foundation™ has awarded 16 Fellowships or Grants-in-aid focusing on brain tumour research along with funding for Australia's first paediatric Brain Tumour Rehabilitation Programme with a commitment totaling over $1,500,000. 2008/2009 Cure For Life Foundation™ Grants-in-aid:DR DANIEL SPEIDEL & DR ELLA L. KIM Children’s Medical Research Institute Research Topic : Exploiting Chloroquine as an anti-glioma agent. DR MICHAEL BUCKLAND Dept Anatomical Pathology St Vincent’s Hospital Research Topic: A comprehensive methylation analysis of 1p and 19q: a method to identify putative tumour suppressor genes in gliomas. Grants-in-aid: $10,000 each 2007/2008 Cure For Life Foundation™ Fellowships:DR KERRIE MCDONALD Kolling Institute of Medical Research Research Topic: Can we find genes that predict which GBM patient will become a long term survivor? DR ROD LUWOR Melbourne University Research Topic: Growth Factor Mediated Suppression of TGF-b Signalling Enhances Brain Tumour Development DR PETER LOCK University of Melbourne Research Topic: A Brain Tumour Stem Cell Resource for Glioma Research DR LESLIE ASHTON Children’s Cancer Institute Australia Research Topic: “CNS tumours in children: a potential role for the folate metabolic pathway” Fellowships: $40,000 each. For more information about these projects please contact the Cure for Life Office.2007/2008 Cure For Life Foundation™ Grants-in-aid:Prof Barry Allen Centre for Experimental Radiation Oncology Research Topic: Role of Targeting in the Management of Malignant Brain Tumours Dr Uwe Ackerman University of Melbourne Targeted delivery of hypoxia selective anticancer agents – A new approach for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme Dr L Munoz University of Sydney Will selective p38 MAPK inhibitor prevent brain tumour progression and metastasis? Grants-in-aid: $10,000 each 2007 Cure For Life Foundation™ Equipment GrantDR KERRIE MCDONALD Kolling Institute of Medical Research Equipment in support of the project: Delivering the Right Drug to the Right Patient: Predictive Biomarker Discovery Grants Amount: $118,829 2005-2008 Cure For Life Foundation™ Fellowship:DR WAYNE THOMAS Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research in conjuction with the University of New South Wales Research Topic: Mechanisms of Initiation and Prevention of Brain Tumours Fellowship: $600,000 over 3 years.
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