Funded: 02-01-2018
through 12-31-2021 Funding Type: Robert J. Arceci International Innovation Award Institution Location:
Frankfurt, Germany Institution: Goethe University Frankfurt
Infants with blood cancer particularly suffer from the side effects of chemotherapy and have a poor prognosis. This highlights the need for new and innovative treatment approaches. Dr. Klusmann's research team and others have recently revealed the importance of areas in the genome for the development of blood cancer that were previously considered as “junk”. These areas are extremely large and can serve as a unique therapeutic target. Dr. Klusmann will investigate those areas and evaluate therapeutic option to overcome current obstacles in the treatment of infants with blood cancer.
Awarded at Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg and transferred to Goethe University Frankfurt.
German Childhood Cancer Foundation
Funded: 01-01-2015
through 12-31-2021 Funding Type: Beneficiary Outside the U.S. Institution Location:
Bonn, Germany Institution: Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung
Through this partnership with German Childhood Cancer Foundation, proceeds from St. Baldrick's events in Germany fund life-saving research in Germany. St. Baldrick's is proud to partner with German Childhood Cancer Foundation and has been doing so since 2015.
Simone Hettmer M.D.
Funded: 07-01-2014
through 11-30-2016 Funding Type: Research Grant Institution Location:
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Institution: University Medical Center Freiburg
Rhabdomyosarcomas are the most common soft-tissue cancers in children and adolescents. Current treatments are often ineffective, and researchers need new ideas to treat this cancer. Dr. Hettmer has developed a new model of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, and is using this to show that a protein (Gremlin 1) produced by rhabdomyosarcoma tumors could be important. She is investigating how Gremlin 1 changes rhabdomyosarcoma behavior and whether it can serve as a drug target. Awarded at Children's Hospital Boston and transferred to Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V
Funded: 03-01-2011
through 12-31-2014 Funding Type: Beneficiary Outside the U.S. Institution Location:
Frankfurt, Germany Institution: Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V
Through this partnership with Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V, proceeds from St. Baldrick's events in Germany fund life-saving research in Germany. St. Baldrick's is proud to partner with Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V and has been doing so since 2011.
