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Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation

Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation was founded by Erin and Chris Nahorny after their son Sammy was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in 2012. What started as fundraising by selling t-shirts soon blossomed into a fundraising movement in their community. At the end of that first year, Sammy’s Superheroes raised $40,000. The Nahorny’s were devastated to learn that only 4% of federal cancer research is allocated to children. In early 2013, they kicked into high gear and officially launched their organization, and they’ve been funding cutting-edge research projects ever since.

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Co-Funded Projects

Project Title Institutions Co-Funder(s)
Circumventing Pediatric Solid Tumor Microenvironment Resistance by Combinatorial CAR NK and Immunomodulating Therapy New York Medical College Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation
Synthetic gene expression regulator switches (SynGERS) expressed in CAR T cells to cure children with solid tumors Baylor College of Medicine Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation
Targeting the biological underpinnings of pulmonary metastasis in osteosarcoma Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation
Drugging MYCN Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The Regents of the University of California San Francisco, University of California San Francisco, University of Würzburg Connor’s Heroes Foundation, Cure4Cam Childhood Cancer Foundation, Kate's Cause, Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation, The Catherine Elizabeth Blair Memorial Foundation
Exploiting the Differentiation Potential of Pediatric High-Grade Glioma to Discover Novel Therapeutic Opportunities Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation

Featured Hero

Chris Ramirez

Chris loves baseball – he has a history of playing for his high school team and is a longtime fan of the San Francisco Giants. However, when he was in high school, Chris began having strange symptoms. Today, Chris is a three-time survivor of glioblastoma.
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