Posts Tagged ‘Brain Cancer’
Some Muscular Dystrophy Patients at Increased Risk for Cancer
People who have the most common type of adult muscular dystrophy also have a higher risk of getting cancer, according to a paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The team found that patients who have myotonic muscular dystrophy are at [Read More]
Novel Drug Makes Brain Tumors Glow Hot Pink
Bright color distinguishes tumor from healthy tissue to improve tumor resection Just 24 hours after Lisa Rek sang at her niece’s wedding, her husband Brad was driving her to a local hospital. “The pain got worse. When we got to the emergency room, I said to Brad [Read More]
Cancer Cells and Stem Cells Share Same Origin – Brain Cells Grown from Skin
Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC grow brain cells from skin Oncogenes are generally thought to be genes that, when mutated, change healthy cells into cancerous tumor cells. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California [Read More]
What Causes Brain Cancer? Understanding Glioblastoma
Understanding glioblastoma at the genetic, molecular level Glioblastoma is the most common and most lethal form of brain tumor in people. Research published in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design offers a novel way to determine what biological [Read More]
Wiring The Brain: Making Connections – International Conference in Ireland
Wiring The Brain: Making Connections is an international conference that will be held in Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland from April 12-15, 2011. The conference will explore how brain connectivity is established, what happens to circuit and network function when the [Read More]
FLIP Switch of Programmed Cell Death
Research involving programmed cell death has lead to new information about the involvement of a protein named FLIP in cell survival and cell death. Researchers identified the protein FLIP and the silencing of the enzyme RIPK3 as important clues to the confusing nature of [Read More]
Genetic Mutations in Brain Tumors Could Turn Out Useful
Scientists have discovered genetic mutations in brain tumors that alter brain tumor metabolism. The scientists report that cells with defective IDH1 or IDH2 genes had over 100 more metabolites with altered concentrations than cells without defective IDH1 or IDH2 genes. One [Read More]
Zif Protein Controls Brain Stem Cells
Zif proteins have been found to control whether a brain stem cell differentiates into a neuron or renews as a brain stem cell. There are Zif related proteins in humans that may be targeted by new treatments for brain cancer and other diseases. [Read More]
Neuroscience Research Uncovers New Role of IDH1 Gene Mutation in Brain Cancer
Findings Validate Cancer Metabolism as an Approach to Identify New Ways to Treat Cancer - Opens Potential for New Class of Cancer Drugs Targeting Metabolic Enzymes Cambridge, MA Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, [Read More]
