We share how our Gifts of Hope make progress for medical advancement, treatment or clinical trials for pediatric brain tumors such as ATRT or DIPG.
For the last couple of years, Nelina’s Hope has been supporting preclinical trial research studies for a specialized procedure called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) at the Brain Tumor Research Centre at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. This procedure, developed by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre scientists, allows temporary disruption of the Read more…
2020 Gift of Hope Our 2020 Gift of Hope further supports Dr. Rutka’s research lab for the current clinical trial proposal that makes use of an experimental drug delivery system for DIPG developed by the Rutka Lab that uses MRI guided focused ultrasound to temporarily open the blood brain barrier Read more…
We are pleased to announce the 2018 Small Grant Recipient is Dr. Vijay Ramaswamy, a Junior PI and staff oncologist at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. The research project that this grant will support is Overcoming radiation resistance in high-risk pediatric brain tumors. The research will approach radiation resistance to determine which components Read more…
When we first starting fundraising in 2016, funds were being allocated to a general DIPG fund. These funds were allocated to various research projects as needed by SickKids Hospital. There was $48,676 raised in this general fund before Nelina’s Hope foundation was formed. A bit of history.. After 10 months Read more…