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Wed September 1 - Thu September 30 Huntsville, AL 35806 US

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Eli's Block Party Childhood Cancer Foundation

Donation Goal: $10,000

Race proceeds and donations go to doctors and labs, particularly those researching innovative treatments for childhood brain cancer, through Eli's Block Party Childhood Cancer Foundation  (EBPCCF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  This year, EBPCCF is excited to support the cutting-edge research being done by Dr. Gregory Friedman, Director of Developmental Therapeutics, at Children's of Alabama.  

Dr. Friedman's overarching goal is to improve outcomes for children with malignant brain tumors by developing and improving novel, targeted therapies in the lab and then translating these therapies to clinical trials. Currently, Dr. Friedman is the principal investigator for the first-ever pediatric trial of HSV G207 in children with recurrent or progressive brain cancers (Clinical Trial: HSV G207). For this trial, the Herpes virus (HSV), which typically causes cold sores, has been engineered to be safe for normal cells but can infect and kill cancer cells and stimulate the patient’s own immune system to attack the tumor providing a one-two punch at killing tumor cells. To maximize the benefit of this therapy, his lab focuses on determining mechanisms of therapeutic resistance by exploring the role of tumor genotype, phenotype, and microenvironment; and cellular defense mechanisms so that newer viruses, novel combinations, and unique routes of virus delivery may be developed to circumvent resistance mechanisms. Please, take a minute to watch this short video about Dr. Friedman's work.   

Donations can also be mailed to the following:

Eli's Block Party Childhood Cancer Foundation

24900 Savannah Trail

Athens, AL 35613

 

 

 

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