NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY Tumors affecting the brain result in more cancer-related deaths than any other type of tumor in children. It is therefore critical to identify new therapies for these deadly diseases. Among pediatric patients, one of the most devastating brain tumor types is diffuse midline gliomas with the H3K27M mutation, which includes the previously named Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). Our understanding of this deadly disease has recently been advanced by important discoveries, including the finding that almost all of DIPG tumors harbor the histone H3K27M mutation. This mutation results in global hypomethylation of H3K27 residues and is the pathological hallmark for this…
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