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A project funded by the EHE Foundation, the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), and the EHE Rare Cancer Foundation Australia, and led by Dr. Ryan Kanai in the Lamar Lab, was recently published in Cancers, revealing a surprising new role for AMPK in controlling the growth of EHE cells. Dr. Kanai set out to find […]
Read MoreWe are thrilled to share a new publication that includes participation of EHE advocacy organizations: “How to foster new treatment development in ultra-rare tumours? Joint EMA-EORTC multi-stakeholder workshops on ultra-rare sarcomas as a model for rare cancers.” Leaders of the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), the EHE Foundation, and EHE ITALIA Associazione Non Solo Laura […]
Read MoreIn 2022, the EHE Foundation funded the Lamar Lab’s project entitled ‘Use of Pre-clinical EHE Models to Identify Druggable Pathways to Treat EHE,’ with the goal of identifying FDA-approved drugs that can be repurposed to treat EHE. By looking for drugs that are already FDA-approved, ideally, positive pre-clinical findings could be more rapidly translated to […]
Read MoreAs partners in EHE research to find better treatments for people with EHE, the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (UK), the EHE Foundation, and EHE ITALIA Associazione Non Solo Laura ODV are excited to share the expansion of the multi-national collaborative research project “The generation and characterization of patient-derived models of EHE to assess the activity […]
Read MoreBy Seth Haddix, PhD | EHE Biobank Coordinator When patients are thinking about surgery, a new biopsy, or other procedure, their minds are filled with decisions and worry. Tissue donation isn’t usually top of mind, and for more common cancers, it is not something we think about as a priority. For an ultra-rare cancer like […]
Read MoreA pillar of The EHE Foundation’s mission is to seek treatments and a cure for EHE by pursuing scientific research, and one way we do this is by funding the most impactful EHE research projects possible. To support our mission, the Foundation issues a call for research grant proposals each year from the global scientific […]
Read MoreThe EHE Foundation’s Advisory (Ad) Board met with the Foundation’s research team in June for their annual meeting. The Ad Board is composed of nine renowned clinicians and researchers who generously give their time and talents to advise The Foundation, in addition to the countless hours they spend during their ‘day jobs’ with patients, research […]
Read MoreDrs. Vesel and Baechler facilitated our very first Community Connections event on May 14th. The topic was, “Who am I now? Integrating the cancer identity into the self.” Attendees discussed their own experiences with their diagnosis and how they’ve incorporated EHE into their identities. This will be a continuation of that topic and more! Dr. Vesel is […]
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