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Epilepsy - A Giving Smarter Guide

At the time of this report, approximately 30 to 40 percent of epilepsy patients were treatment resistant. The most catastrophic forms of epilepsy occur in very young children and have a lifelong negative impact on patients, families, and...
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Sonya B. Dumanis

Formerly Milken Institute
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Bladder Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

More than 500,000 people in the US suffer from bladder cancer. At the time of this report, it was the fifth most common cancer in the US. It is also the most expensive cancer to treat and frequently reoccurs. Despite the fact that the...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a collection of diseases including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which result in chronic inflammation and damage along the lining and tissues of the digestive tract. The disease greatly affects...
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Erik Lontok, LaTese Briggs, Sonya Dumanis, Ekemini Riley, Danielle Salka, and Melissa Stevens
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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - A Giving Smarter Guide

With no effective therapies and no cure, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disease that can cause a broad range of abnormalities all throughout the body. A hallmark feature of the disease is the growth of tumors on nerves...
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YooRi Kim, LaTese Briggs, Erik Lontok, Ekemini Riley, and Melissa Stevens
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Small Cell Lung Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

Lung cancer has been one of the deadliest cancers in the United States. There are a number of challenges and unmet needs that act as barriers to desperately needed progress in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) research. The disease lacks new...
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Ekemini Riley, LaTese Briggs, YooRi Kim, Erik Lontok, and Melissa Stevens
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Parkinson's Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide

More than 1 million American lives are affected by Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a chronic, neurodegenerative movement disorder. Mainly affecting the elderly, the cause of PD is unknown. There are currently no treatments that can slow or stop...
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Ekemini Riley, Melissa Stevens, LaTese Briggs , YooRi Kim, and Erik Lontok
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Colorectal Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

The second deadliest of cancers when the incidents in both men and women are combined. Colorectal cancer refers to cancer that originates from either the colon or rectum. The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2015 nearly 50,000...
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