{"entity":{"id":"abbies-army","kind":"institution","name":"Abbie's Army","aka":[],"tldr":"A UK charity that funds research into DIPG, a brainstem tumour of children, including UK CAR-T cell trials, and gives families information about the disease.","summary":"Abbie's Army was formed in November 2012 in memory of Abbie, diagnosed with DIPG at the age of 6 on 13 April 2011 and treated at The Royal Marsden, and registered with the Charity Commission, according to its home page. It raises money to commission or contribute to research on DIPG with advice from scientific advisers; the projects its site lists include the CARMIGO trial of GD2 CAR-T cell therapy for DIPG/DMG, the GLIMPS trial of IL-13RA2 CAR-T cell therapy for paediatric high-grade glioma and DIPG/DMG, and laboratory work on BDNF-TrkB signalling. Its site also explains DIPG symptoms, standard treatment and clinical trials for families, and states that one child in the UK is diagnosed with DIPG every nine days. It gives registered charity number 1149400 and a registered address in Ashford, Kent.","asOf":"2026-11-05","links":[{"label":"Abbie's Army home page","url":"https://www.abbiesarmy.co.uk/"},{"label":"Abbie's Army: about DIPG","url":"https://www.abbiesarmy.co.uk/about-dipg"},{"label":"Charity Commission register entry","url":"https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1149400"}],"tags":["uk"],"related":["chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation"],"cancers":["dipg-dmg","paediatric-high-grade-glioma","brain-tumours"],"sections":[],"technologies":["glioma-car-t"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["royal-marsden"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["The Charity Commission register page for 1149400 did not render when requested on 5 November 2026; the number and address are as the charity's own site states them."],"city":"Ashford","country":"GB","lat":51.146,"lng":0.875,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.abbiesarmy.co.uk","programs":["Research funding for DIPG, including CAR-T cell trials (CARMIGO, GLIMPS)","Information for families on DIPG and clinical trials","Family research advisory groups","DIPG Awareness Day"]},"route":"/institutions/abbies-army/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation","route":"/institutions/chadtough-defeat-dipg-foundation/"},{"id":"royal-marsden","kind":"institution","name":"The Royal Marsden","route":"/institutions/royal-marsden/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"brain-tumours","kind":"cancer","name":"Brain and spinal cord tumours (all types)","route":"/cancers/brain-tumours/"},{"id":"dipg-dmg","kind":"cancer","name":"Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered (including DIPG)","route":"/cancers/dipg-dmg/"},{"id":"paediatric-high-grade-glioma","kind":"cancer","name":"Paediatric high-grade glioma (excluding diffuse midline glioma)","route":"/cancers/paediatric-high-grade-glioma/"}],"technology":[{"id":"glioma-car-t","kind":"technology","name":"CAR-T for glioma (IL13Rα2, GD2, EGFRvIII, multi-target)","route":"/technologies/glioma-car-t/"}]}}