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11/02/2016

The ‘Acuna Patata’ association raises 19,000 euros for research in neuroblastoma

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11/02/2016

The family of Dania, a 6 year-old patient treated of child cancer at Vall d'Hebron, have donated the check to the Translational Research in Child and Adolescent Cancer.

The association against pediatric cancer called 'http://www.acunapatata.com/index.html" Acuna Patata' raised 19,000 euros for the Translational Research in Child and Adolescent Cancer group at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR). The donation will fund a part of a http://www.acunapatata.com/noticias/mce.pdf" research project aimed at developing epigenetic therapies for neuroblastoma treatment.The association is led by the parents of Dània, a 6 year-old child who two years ago was fighting against a pediatric cancer called neuroblastoma, at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Her experience was so intense that her parents decided to found this association one year ago in order to improve the treatments for this aggressive cancer of the nervous system.Since then, they have not stopped: they have organized charity parties, mobilized almost all Vidreres (their town), written and sell a charity book (En Roc al Planeta Mascareta) and got donations from several companies. This morning at Vall d'Hebron, Lara, Dània's mother, said that thanks to the support of many individuals and companies, they raised 19,000 euros, and they will continue raising money until achieving their goal: "we want to raise 90,000 euros to kill the most aggressive cells in neuroblastoma with new therapies". This is the cost of the research at VHIR, for 3 years.Dr. Sánchez de Toledo thanked to the association the big effort that they have been doing over the last 12 months in order to cure more children like Dània.

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