Until There Is A Cure: Our 2022 Impact Report We hope you will be invigorated, inspired, and excited by all that Swifty Foundation and Gift from a Child has accomplished, not only last year, but in the past nine years. We are proud of the goals we have set and the...
September Events Focus on Childhood Cancer This autumn, two events put childhood cancer in the spotlight as the #1 cause of death by disease in children: the first BrainStorm Summit at CureFest and the White House Forum on Childhood Cancer. At both events, families...
Research Shows Families Want Option to Donate Post-mortem Tissue Families who lose a child to brain cancer, want doctors to give them the option to donate their child’s tissue.Donating tissue not only contributes to research for a cure, but donating helps families...
Parents encourage brain tissue donation after young son dies from rare pediatric brain cancer By Sarah Schulte via WLS logoSunday, September 25, 2022 11:30PM CHICAGO (WLS) — Owen Petrzelka was a typical 5-year-old boy, full of energy. “He was very...
A New Approach for DMG Patients Clinical trials are crucial for understanding the potential effects and benefits of new therapeutics. A recent study led by Dr. Michelle Monje and Dr. Crystal Mackall at Stanford, a GFAC Center of Excellence, describes the results of a...
Categories Blog Blog Left Blog Right Centers of Excellence Facts Family Stories Memory Monday News Partner Highlights Research Tissue Navigator Tribute Page Meet Jared Hysinger – Tissue Navigator When I first started as tissue navigator, I saw distance between...