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Transplanted Gene-Modified Blood Stem Cells Protect Brain Cancer Patients from Toxic Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Transplanted Gene-Modified Blood Stem Cells Protect Brain Cancer Patients from Toxic Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Study is first to show feasibility and efficacy of a new use for autologous stem cell transplant. For the first time, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have transplanted brain cancer patients’ own gene-modified blood stem cells in order to protect their [Read More]

Dental X-Rays Linked to Common Brain Tumor

Dental X-Rays Linked to Common Brain Tumor

Meningioma, the most common primary brain tumor in the United States, accounts for about 33 percent of all primary brain tumors. The most consistently identified environmental risk factor for meningioma is exposure to ionizing radiation. In the largest study of its kind, [Read More]

Blocking “Oh-Glick-Nack” May Improve Long-Term Memory

Blocking “Oh-Glick-Nack” May Improve Long-Term Memory

Just as the familiar sugar in food can be bad for the teeth and waistline, another sugar has been implicated as a health menace and blocking its action may have benefits that include improving long-term memory in older people and treating cancer. Progress toward finding [Read More]

Researchers Use Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current to Damage Cancerous Cells in Mice

Researchers Use Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current to Damage Cancerous Cells in Mice

Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells. The findings, published recently in the journal Theranostics, mark [Read More]

Scientists Develop First Snap Shot of Tiny Brain Tumors

Scientists Develop First Snap Shot of Tiny Brain Tumors

Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a technique they believe could be used to detect tiny secondary tumors in the brain, a process that is currently impossible, according to research published in PNAS, Monday. The scientists at Cancer Research UK’s Gray Institute [Read More]

Altered Gene Linked to Fatal Neuroblastoma in Adolescents, Young Adults

Altered Gene Linked to Fatal Neuroblastoma in Adolescents, Young Adults

Researchers have identified the first gene mutation associated with a chronic and often fatal form of neuroblastoma that typically strikes adolescents and young adults. The finding provides the first clue about the genetic basis of the long-recognized but poorly understood [Read More]

New Molecular Map to Guide Development of New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Diseases

New Molecular Map to Guide Development of New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Diseases

A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, collaborating with members of the drug discovery company Receptos, has created the first high-resolution virtual image of cellular structures called S1P1 receptors, which are critical in controlling the onset and [Read More]

Researchers Make Living Model of Brain Tumor

Researchers Make Living Model of Brain Tumor

Researchers have created a living 3-D model of a brain tumor and its surrounding blood vessels. In experiments, the scientists report that iron-oxide nanoparticles carrying the agent tumstatin were taken by blood vessels, meaning they should block blood vessel growth. The [Read More]

Genetic Breakthrough for Brain Cancer in Children

Genetic Breakthrough for Brain Cancer in Children

Canadian-led research team identifies two mutations in crucial gene involved in deadly pediatric brain tumours. An international research team led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) has made a major genetic breakthrough that could [Read More]

Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-Grade Gliomas

Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Could Revolutionize Care of Patients with Low-Grade Gliomas

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the [Read More]

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Stem Cell Research Could Benefit Fragile X Patients

Stem Cell Research Could Benefit Fragile X Patients

Stem Cell Research Paves way for Progress on Dealing with Fragile X Retardation Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved, for the first time, the generation [Read More]

New Brain Map Developed By UGA Researchers

New Brain Map Developed By UGA Researchers

GPS for the brain: UGA researchers develop new brain map University of Georgia researchers have developed a map of the human brain that shows great promise as a new guide to the [Read More]

Von Economo Neurons Discovered In Macaque Monkey Insular Cortex

Von Economo Neurons Discovered In Macaque Monkey Insular Cortex

Rare Neurons Discovered in Monkey Brains Max Planck scientists discover brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in humans. The anterior insular [Read More]

Intranasal Insulin Improves Memory in Normal Adults and in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Intranasal Insulin Improves Memory in Normal Adults and in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

I am the scientist who invented the intranasal insulin treatment that the Obama administration and NIH just announced they would provide millions of dollars in funding to further [Read More]

Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children with Autism Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin, a [Read More]

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