A U.S. Congress United: Resolution Spotlights Childhood Brain Cancer, Establishes May 17 as DIPG Awareness Day

May 17, 2023, Washington, DC–Just in time for the 118th Congress, yesterday was the fifth introduction to the U.S. House of Representatives of the DIPG Awareness Resolution, which draws attention to the unmet medical needs of children with brain cancer and establishes May 17 as DIPG Awareness Day.  With a…

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Expanded Access Program Press Release from Oncoceutics

Oncoceutics Receives Foundation Grants to Establish an Expanded Access Program for ONC201 Philadelphia, PA (November 2, 2020) – Oncoceutics, a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company, announced today that it has received grants from Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation, Dragon Master Foundation and The ChadTough Foundation to fund an Expanded…

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#Moonshot4Kids: To House Committee Leadership

To Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Walden, Chairwoman Eshoo, and Ranking Member Dr. Burgess: DIPG Advocacy Group and the undersigned are asking for your attention to the leading cause of cancer-related death in children, pediatric brain cancer, and H. Res. 114, the DIPG Awareness Resolution.  We are asking for its process…

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Moonshot

Chad and Jack’s DIPG Resolution and Childhood Cancer; is it relevant? The Resolution is named for Chad Carr of Michigan and Jack Demeter of California, both beloved and perished to DIPG. …this is about making a decision, a decision to not look away, but to acknowledge the relevance of life.…

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