The EHE Foundation

Together we give on Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is November 28th

By The EHE Foundation / November 14, 2023 / Comments Off on Giving Tuesday is November 28th

During the busy holiday season, The EHE Foundation asks that you join us in celebrating Giving Tuesday, not just on Tuesday, November 28th, but throughout the month of November. All proceeds will support our vision: a world where EHE is easily diagnosed and treatable. Retailers are bombarding us with Black Friday and Cyber Monday advertisements. Let […]

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Nick Scalora and Munir Tanas

Spotlight on Young Investigator Nicholas Scalora, Advancing the Science Behind EHE

By The EHE Foundation / November 14, 2023 / Comments Off on Spotlight on Young Investigator Nicholas Scalora, Advancing the Science Behind EHE

The EHE Foundation is proud to have awarded the 2023 Fellowship Travel Grant to Nicholas (Nick) Scalora, a 5th year graduate research assistant in the Tanas Laboratory, at the University of Iowa, where the team studies the role of the Hippo pathway in sarcomas. Dr. Munir Tanas, expert pathologist and researcher, was first author of […]

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EHE at CTOS 2023

Highlights from CTOS 2023

By The EHE Foundation / November 8, 2023 / Comments Off on Highlights from CTOS 2023

Last week EHE Foundation Director of Research Denise Robinson, attended the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) 2023 annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland. Every year, physicians, scientists, and advocates from around the world come together to advance patient care and increase knowledge in connective tissue tumors. EHE is one of over 100 subtypes of sarcoma, which […]

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EHE Global Advocacy Meeting, Milan, Italy

EHE Global Research Convened in Milan, Italy

By The EHE Foundation / October 2, 2023 / Comments Off on EHE Global Research Convened in Milan, Italy

In September 2023, EHE Director of Research Denise Robinson met over three days in Milan, Italy, with patient advocates and researchers to discuss EHE research funded by this community. Exciting progress is happening in this multi-national collaborative research under the leadership of Dr. Silvia Stacchiotti and Dr. Nadia Zaffaroni (Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS, Milan), and […]

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The Lamar Lab

Funded Research Project Update: Use of pre-clinical EHE models to identify druggable pathways to treat EHE

By The EHE Foundation / September 7, 2023 / Comments Off on Funded Research Project Update: Use of pre-clinical EHE models to identify druggable pathways to treat EHE

Investigator: John Lamar, PhD, Albany Medical College Dr. Lamar was awarded a 3-year grant by The EHE Foundation in 2022, that aims to identify FDA-approved drugs that inhibit EHE cell growth, and then test them in pre-clinical mouse models for the treatment of EHE. What does this mean for patients? This could mean a shorter […]

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Ajaybabu Pobbati

Funded Research Project Update: Repurposing an FDA-approved Drug for EHE Treatment

By The EHE Foundation / September 7, 2023 / Comments Off on Funded Research Project Update: Repurposing an FDA-approved Drug for EHE Treatment

Investigator: Ajaybabu Pobbati, PhD, Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute In 2022, The EHE Foundation funded a grant to Dr. Pobbati for research that looks at a library of current FDA-approved drugs that act as TAZ-CAMTA1 (TC) or TEAD inhibitors, for use in EHE. What does this mean for patients? This could mean a shorter […]

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