One vision —
a cancer-free future.
Unlike surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, cell and gene therapies harness the power of your immune system to destroy cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. We fund the research that will make this vision a reality.
OPEN GRANT: Edward Netter Memorial Investigator Award in Cell and Gene Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer Research
A pre-application Letter of Intent must be submitted by June 1, 2024.
MAKING HISTORY: FDA approves first CAR T-cell therapy to treat people with CLL/SLL
Breyanzi is approved to treat people with resistant or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma. It is already approved for large B-cell lymphoma.
Donor spotlight: How a teenager became an advocate for cancer research
Leigh Haskell Perkins III was not your typical 13-year-old. She had a desire to make an impact and found a way through ACGT.
ACGT awards grant for innovative brain cancer therapy
The foundation awarded a multi-year grant to brain tumor scientist E. Antonio Chiocca to develop an oncolytic virus for glioblastoma.
Our direct impact on eradicating all cancer.
Collaborating with partners and funding research fellows, we are transforming cancer treatments today while bringing the world closer to a cure for all cancers tomorrow.
34.2
million dollars awarded to groundbreaking research.
63
research fellows awarded grants.
38
top medical institutions funded.
Join forces with the world’s leading researchers to finally identify cures.
Cell and gene therapies harness the power of a patient’s own immune system to destroy cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Using viruses to infect glioblastoma cancer cells and engage a patient’s immune system to join the fight.
Crystal Mackall, MD
Stanford University
Training CAR T cells to find and kill cancers that express the GD2 biomarker, including osteosarcoma, pediatric neuroblastoma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
Juan Fueyo, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
ACGT is funding research that uses an oncolytic virus to fight glioblastoma, a deadly type of brain tumor.
Hideho Okada, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco
ACGT is funding a new clinical trial for children with a rare brain cancer.
E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Using viruses to infect glioblastoma cancer cells and engage a patient’s immune system to join the fight.
Crystal Mackall, MD
Stanford University
Training CAR T cells to find and kill cancers that express the GD2 biomarker, including osteosarcoma, pediatric neuroblastoma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
Juan Fueyo, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
ACGT is funding research that uses an oncolytic virus to fight glioblastoma, a deadly type of brain tumor.
Hideho Okada, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco
ACGT is funding a new clinical trial for children with a rare brain cancer.
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100% of your donation will advance research to cure all cancers.
Your donation will help develop radical new cell and gene therapies that leverage the body’s own biology and immune system to control and ultimately eradicate cancer. 100% of donations directly support scientists working on breakthrough cancer cell and gene therapy research.
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