Noun
DIPG (countable and uncountable, plural DIPGs)
Initialism of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
MAY 21: Chase ends with driver running vehicle into lake…Dillon mayor proclaims DIPG awareness day. Source: Internet
FALMOUTH – Hunter Richard Barr passed away peacefully on April 26, 2020, surrounded by his loving family following complications from Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG, a pediatric brain tumor. Source: Internet
In mice whose brainstems were implanted with human DIPG, engineered immune cells known as chimeric antigen receptor T cells -- or CAR-T cells -- were able to eliminate tumors, leaving very few residual cancer cells. Source: Internet
Most of those childhood ambitions stopped Oct. 16, 2015, the day Kyler was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a childhood cancer better known by its initials, DIPG. Source: Internet
In collaboration with European doctors, the Biomede trial, expected to start in three months, will use DNA sequencing of biopsied DIPG tumours, found in the brain stem, to tailor specific drugs for a child’s individual tumour. Source: Internet
'However with DIPG, early diagnosis makes no difference - you just get to know sooner your child or grandchild will die.' Source: Internet