Brain Cancer Canada Grants McGill University $100,000 to Advance Pediatric Brain Cancer ResearchTORONTO, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brain Cancer Canada is pleased to award a $100,000 pediatric research grant to Dr. Carl Ernst, professor and scientist at McGill University, and his team. The work explores a gene therapy treatment for pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG). PHGG are an aggressive and often fatal group of brain cancers with a median survival time of less than 18 months after diagnosis. With few treatment options available, this research is one of many important steps toward advancing new and potentially life-saving therapies.
MicroRNAs Research Initiative in Glioblastoma Stem Cells Awarded $85K by Brain Cancer CanadaTORONTO, May 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brain Cancer Canada is pleased to announce a $85,000 grant for a cutting-edge research initiative led by Dr. Leonardo Salmena at the University of Toronto. The project, titled “Exploring microRNA as Targets for Glioblastoma Therapy”, focuses on developing novel therapeutic strategies to address one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant forms of brain cancer.
May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month: Illuminate the Fight Against One of the Most Lethal CancersTORONTO, April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This May, Brain Cancer Canada (BCC) and communities across the country prepare to rally for Brain Cancer Awareness Month. Dedicated to supporting those impacted by brain cancer, the community goes “Grey In May” to honour and support families affected by brain cancers.
Brain Cancer Canada Awards a $50,000 Grant to Discover How to Use the Body’s Own Immune Cells to Attack Pediatric Brain CancersTORONTO, Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brain Cancer Canada is excited to announce a $50,000 grant awarded to Dr. Shawn Beug, Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, and his team. The project aims to create personalized therapies for pediatric brain cancers by utilizing the body’s own immune cells to combat this disease.
Brain Cancer Canada, a leading advocate in the fight against brain cancer, is proud to award a $100,000 research grant to one of Canada’s top neuropathologists to support research on one of the deadliest pediatric brain cancersTORONTO, Dec. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brain Cancer Canada is pleased to announce a $100,000 pediatric research grant awarded to Dr. Cynthia Hawkins, neuropathologist-scientist, and her team at the Hospital for Sick Children targeting Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma/Diffuse Midline Glioma, a highly aggressive type of brain tumour that primarily occurs in children, with a survival rate of less than 1%.
