{"id":3938,"date":"2016-05-10T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/?page_id=3938"},"modified":"2019-01-28T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:04:22","slug":"direct-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ackc.org\/jayedit\/direct-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Action to Cure Kidney Cancer has directly funded kidney cancer research since 2006 and has provided 22 grants to 10 researchers totaling $427,282.50. The following details specific information about each grant by year, identifying the researcher, his or her institution, the purpose of the grant and the amount paid. The grants cover a broad spectrum of research from attempting to develop an early screening test for kidney cancer to working to find treatments for the different types of kidney cancer.<\/p>\n<h2>Kidney Cancer Research Projects<\/h2>\n<div class=\"member\">\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Role of Ketogenesis in Preventing RCC-Associated Cachexia<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/S.-Huen-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2018 \u2014 $30,000<br \/>\nSarah Huen<br \/>\nUniversity of Texas Southwestern<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Test the hypothesis that ketones are required to protect against the development of cachexia in RCC, which contributes to at least 20% of cancer-related mortality.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Therapies for Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Linehan-2-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2014 to 2016 \u2014 $60,000<br \/>\nMarston Linehan<br \/>\nNational Cancer Institute<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Non-clear cell research, specifically therapies for papillary renal cell carcinoma.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Role of Gene SETD2 in Development of Kidney Cancer<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Eric-Jonasch-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2012 \u2014 $45,000<br \/>\nEric Jonasch<br \/>\nMD Anderson Cancer Center<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Examine consequences of the loss of the gene SETD2 and the formation of kidney cancer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Kidney Cancer Clinical Work and Research Studies<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Janice-Dutcher-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2011 \u2014 $10,000<br \/>\nJanice Dutcher<br \/>\nSt. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Support her kidney cancer clinical and research work at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Radiological Treatment for Metastic Kidney Cancer<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Denise-Chan-105x120px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2010 \u2014 $30,000<br \/>\nDenise Chan<br \/>\nUniversity of California, San Francisco<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Study the efficacy of radiological treatment for metastic kidney cancer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Prevention of Glucose Uptake in VHL-Mutated Cells<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Giaccia-2-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2009 \u2014 $45,000<br \/>\nAmato Giaccia<br \/>\nStanford University<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Support the study of a protein that prevents glucose uptake in VHL-mutated cells and thereby, via synthetic lethality, destroys the kidney cancer cells.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Identification of Human Endogenous Retrovirus (HERV)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Childs-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 \u2014 $35,600, 55,600, 20,000, 35,000 respectively, for a total of $146,200<br \/>\nRichard Childs<br \/>\nNational Institutes of Health<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Support the identification of a human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) that is selectively expressed on 80 percent of renal cell carcinoma cells.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rproject\">\n<h4>Analysis of Polymearse Chain Reaction (PCR)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"member\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1028\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ackc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PaulCairns-105x120px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"120\" \/>2006 \u2014 $44,782.50<br \/>\nPaul Cairns<br \/>\nFox Chase Cancer Center<\/p>\n<div class=\"projectd\">Project: Purchase a Polymearse Chain Reaction (PCR) machine to analyze DNA in order to 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