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Henry Barnfield Fund is a charity dedicated to finding a cure for pediatric brain cancer. It is an umbrella group charity of a larger registered charity. The Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust was set up in 1997 by the parents of Samantha Dickson. Henry Innes Charles Barnfield was born on 15 June 1999. On 8 February 2005, Henry was diagnosed with a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Grade 4, a severe brain tumor that is both inoperable and incurable. He was given weeks to live. After a course of radiotherapy, Henry recovered enough to continue life in a normal fashion. Henry died on 25 December 2005.〔http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/district/Lights-in-memory-of-pupils.1865607.jp〕 The fund was started to benefite the SDBTT (Brain Tumor Trust), which aims to raise funds and awareness for research into pediatric brain tumors. In late 2008 a major breakthrough in low grade gliomas was made. The researchers, funded by Cancer Research UK and the Henry Barnfield Fund, have pinpointed a rearrangement of DNA that causes around two-thirds of all cases of pilocytic astrocytoma – the most common brain tumour in five to 19 year-olds. During 2010 it is expected this will be developed into a drug and medication programme for general use around the world. ==References== * (Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust ) * (Press Release ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Barnfield Fund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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