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Press Release: NACE and Dragon Master Initiative Announce Partnership
Do you remember those group projects you were assigned in school? The ones where you secretly crossed your fingers and hoped you got the right group members? There was usually the bossy one. The one who did everything. The one who disappeared until the night before the project was due. And, if you were really lucky, the person who somehow kept everyone moving in the same direction. I remember them. They were stressful. They were frustrating. There was usually some anxiety, a last-minute rush, and at least a little bit of dictatorship involved. But somehow, when everyone finally did their part, something amazing could come out of that group project. I have to remind myself of that often in my role with Dragon Master Initiative. Because sometimes, I am frustrated with the group project we are working on. Sometimes I have a vision in my head, and I can see exactly what I want the finished project to look like. Then reality reminds me that I am not doing this project alone. And maybe that is exactly the point.
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Letter from Stephen P. Hunger, MD to Dragon Master Initiative and its donors: Thank you for the generous support of the Children's Brain Tumor Network (CBTN) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Your incredibly generous gift fuels a global effort to understand, treat, and cure diseases that affect so many children and their families. Because of you, researchers across dozens of institutions have access to critical dta and biospecimens that simply wouldn't exist without partners like you. Your generosity accelerates discoveries and brings hope to families whose lives have been turned upside down by a brain tumor diagnosis. your contribution supports breakthrough research at that accelerates cures and increases the well-being of children with the rarest and most difficult to treat conditions. We are deeply grateful for your actions and commitment to changing the future for kids with brain tumors, and for empowering scientists with the tools they need to move research forward faster. With your continuing generosity, it is just a matter of time, and time is precious. With sincere gratitude, Stephen P. Hunger, MD Professor of Pediatrics Associate Director (Pediatric Cancer), Abramson Cancer Center University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Chief, Division of Pediatric Oncology Director, Center for Childhood Cancer Research Jeffrey E. Perelman Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics
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