Meningioma Mommas has awarded Harvard researcher, Dr. Hiro Wakimoto a $5,000 grant to advance his team’s photodynamic therapy research. Dr. Wakimoto shares the following encouraging updates: “We have been particularly interested in the potential power of an engineered virus–to be specific, genetically engineered herpes simplex virus–to act as an agent able to kill cancer cells…
Meningioma Mommas has been hard at work behind the scenes during these unprecedented and challenging times to ensure ongoing critical research. We are grateful for our generous second family supporters for making these grants possible. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Nader Sanai, Director of the Ivy Brain Tumor Center at the Barrow Neurological…
Meningioma Mommas has awarded a $29,042 grant to University of Colorado researchers, Dr. Kevin Lillehei, Dr. Michael Graner, Dr. Philip Tatman and their support team (Team Colorado!) to continue their focus on, “Pre-clinical trial evaluation of HDAC inhibitors for the treatment of meningiomas.” Project Summary: Meningiomas are a common primary brain tumor, accounting for 36% of…
Two years ago, Dr. Damon Reed approached Meningioma Mommas and asked if he could develop a survey regarding meningiomas and the effects they have with a focus on women with meningiomas deciding whether or not to have children. We are thrilled to share the following press release received today as well as the link to the…