Search:
Contact Us
Our Story
2 Walk 2 Run 2 Fund a Cure Video
"Grant Us a Cure" 2009 Video
Sunflower Soiree 2008
Types of Gliomas
Symptoms
Newly Diagnosed
Clinical Trials
Second Opinion
Grant Application
Event Gallery
Events Calendar
Event Submission
Volunteer
Fundraising Kit
Kids Curing Kids
Wishlist
News Submission
Blog list
Blog posts
Coffee and Tea
Donations
Events
Ty's Tees
Accessories
Clothing
Toys
Miscellaneous
Home
About
Medical Board
Gliomas
Where does the money go?
Events
Get Involved
News
Blog
Donate
Store
For Families
News
Find articles about the foundation, medical trials
and other pertinent information.
Please feel free to send us any news that would
be helpful to the community by clicking the
"Send us News" link to the right. We will post it
here.
General News
Broadview Heights: Marathon runner raising money for personal cause
5/12/2010
Last year, Rich Figer, on a red-eye flight back to Cleveland suffered a concussion and went to an urgent care center to get it checked out after feeling nauseous. Doctors found a mass, and diagnosed Rich with a low-grade glioma.
While registering for the Rite-Aid Cleveland Marathon, Rich and his wife, Erin learned about Prayers from Maria Foundation! WKYC did a great spot on Rich. Click here to view the video
http://www.wkyc.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=85249977001
...more
Good Company Interview
7/24/2009
...more
WKYC Talks with Ed and Megan McNamara
2/27/2009
WKYC Talks with Ed and Megan McNamara about the Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation and the Sunflower Soiree
...more
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2/27/2009
Fox 19 News talks to the McNamaras about Hope and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
...more
Fruit Flies Soar As Lab Model, Drug Screen For The Deadliest Of Human Brain Cancers
2/23/2009
ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2009)
— Fruit flies and humans share most of their genes, including 70 percent of all known human disease genes. Taking advantage of this remarkable evolutionary conservation, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies transformed the fruit fly into a laboratory model for an innovative study of gliomas, the most common malignant brain tumors.
...more
Displaying results 1-5 (of 22)
|<
<
1
2
3
4
5
>
>|
Trial News
Patient Trial For Virus That Attacks Brain Cancer Cells
4/16/2008
ScienceDaily —
A common, naturally occurring virus that attacks cancer cells but appears to be harmless to normal cells is being studied as a possible treatment for malignant, highly aggressive and deadly brain tumors called gliomas.
...more
Brain Tumor Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Results
4/16/2007
ScienceDaily —
A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco.
...more
Events
Clinical Trials
Where does the money go?
Send us News
Make a Donation
Make a donation to Prayers From Maria in honor or memory of someone.
Donate Here