Cynthia Martucci and Angelina Shao begin internships at cc-TDI, Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute as undergraduates for the summer of 2019, and we learn about their projects, mentorships, and what it is like to work as a scientist in a progressive biotech lab devoted to pediatric cancer research. Cynthia Martucci…
A recent graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Photo-Journalism, Moriah Ratner tells the story of the lovely Lola Munoz, a thirteen year old girl afflicted with the deadliest pediatric cancer, DIPG, published within the last year, is truly a work of distinction. Moriah shares with us the process of discovery…
Chance Mazzell and his wife Heather share with us the story of their daughter Olivia and the places that DIPG, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, has led them. Olivia was diagnosed with DIPG on August 28th of 2018; her journey was particularly difficult out of the gate. The Mazzells, from Lexington,…
Sara’s Cure is a grassroots, race-against-time campaign focused on funding critical research to find a cure for Clear Cell Sarcoma. Lissett Bickford, now with Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute, a non-profit biotech company in Beaverton Oregon dedicated to eradicating childhood cancer, earned her PhD in Bioengineering at Rice University in…
H. Res. 114, the DIPG Awareness Resolution Out of sight and out of mind, the suffering and the tragedy continues, exemplified in a most horrific way by the experience of DIPG, which, out of the blue, robs the child of the use of their body until finally respiration ceases, retaining…
According the the Genomics Institute, 84% of dog DNA has human counterparts, so we suffer many of the same diseases, including most cancers. Dogs have a higher incidence of certain tumors which are considered rare in children. By studying these tumor types in dogs, we can learn a great deal…
