THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER- NECESSARY BUT CHALLENGING Near the top of the list of difficulties in treating DIPG is the biology of the brain’s protective layer- the blood brain barrier or ‘BBB’. Protecting against the entry of pathogens (anything that may produce disease), the BBB separates the body’s circulating blood from
THE DUN LAB PUBLISH IN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA July 2019 marked the Dun Lab’s first publication in the field of DIPG research, an exciting achievement for any researcher but particularly of note given Dr Dun’s recent entry to this field and the quality of
DR DUCHATEL EDUCATES SUPPORTERS OF DIPG RESEARCH July 2019 saw Dr Ryan Duchatel, post-doctoral researcher of Dr Dun’s laboratory, facilitate educational sessions for members of a community fundraising group touched by the story of the Dun family, their world rocked by 2-year-old Josephine’s DIPG diagnosis in February 2018. With a dinner
