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·September 26, 2016·6 min read

A Custom Tailored Strategy Against Glioblastoma Brain Cancer

Researchers have developed a new method for creating custom tailored, two stage therapies for glioblastoma brain cancer.

This image is an MRI scan of a medulloblastoma brain tumor.

Brain Cancer Featured

·September 25, 2013·3 min read

A New Approach to Treating Brain Cancer

Researchers have developed a new experimental approach to treating medulloblastoma brain cancer.

This image shows the location of a medulloblastoma brain tumor.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·March 27, 2014·4 min read

Adult Cancer Drugs Show Promise Against an Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumor

Researchers identify two adult cancer medications which have the potential to improve treatment for medulloblastoma brain cancer in children.

This image shows the outline of a skull and brain with blocks to represent the microcapsules.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·October 28, 2014·4 min read

Better Chemotherapy Through Targeted Delivery

Researchers suggest delivering chemotherapy directly into the brain cavity could offer a better way to treat tumors which have metastasized to the brain.

This is a brain slice of a person with glioblastoma multiforme.

Brain Cancer Featured

·December 5, 2013·3 min read

Brain Cancer Cells Hide While Drugs Seek

Brain cancer cells resist therapy by temporarily losing gene mutations targeted by drugs, but re-amplify the mutation once the treatments have stopped, a new study reports.

This is an image of glioblastoma cancer cells.

Brain Cancer Featured

·June 25, 2013·3 min read

Brain Cancer: Hunger for Amino Acids Makes It More Aggressive

Researchers discover an enzyme, IDH, which facilitates the breakdown of specific amino acids makes glioblastoma brain cancer particularly aggressive.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·July 8, 2014·3 min read

Brain Tumor Invasion Along Blood Vessels May Lead to New Cancer Treatments

Researchers discover glioblastoma brain tumor cells disrupt the blood brain barrier. The findings offer potential new avenues to treat brain cancer.

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·June 2, 2018·3 min read

Can Focused Sound Waves Fix Rare ‘Giggling’ Form of Epilepsy?

A pioneering ultrasound treatment could help treat hypothalamic hamartomas, a rare, benign mass in the brain that can cause epilepsy symptoms and unintentional giggling seizures.