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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 15, 2021·5 min read

An Ion Pump to Deliver Chemotherapy Agents to the Brain

A newly developed ion pump can deliver cancer-fighting drugs more accurately, and with fewer side effects than conventional chemotherapy, to those with glioblastoma brain cancer.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 1, 2021·7 min read

Chemo for Glioblastoma May Work Better in Morning Than Evening

Administering the chemotherapy drug temozolomide to glioblastoma brain cancer patients in the morning may enhance the cancer-fighting effects. The study demonstrates the timing of chemotherapy could have a significant impact on treatment for glioblastoma patients.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·March 30, 2021·5 min read

Bespoke Neuroblastoma Therapy Weaponizes Cell Metabolism

Two existing medications show promise in the treatment of the deadly childhood cancer, neuroblastoma. Phenformin and AZD3965 exploit the metabolic hunger of the disease to kill cancer cells without inflicting excessive damage to healthy tissue.

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·March 24, 2021·6 min read

Mutation-Specific Brain Cancer Vaccine Tested

Researchers have carried out clinical trials to test a mutation-specific vaccine against malignant brain tumors. The vaccine has been found to be safe and effective in triggering the desired immune response in the brain cancer tumors.

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·March 23, 2021·4 min read

A New Strategy for Fighting Brain Cancer

Study shows how cholesterol becomes dysregulated in brain cancer cells and reports the gene responsible for the dysregulation could be a potential target to help treat glioblastoma brain cancer.

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·March 22, 2021·6 min read

Large New Study Reveals Rates of Brain Abnormalities in Healthy Children

A new, large-scale neuroimaging study found potentially life-threatening conditions in 1 out of 500 seemingly healthy children, and minor yet clinically significant brain abnormalities in 1 out of 25 children.

This diagram shows how night shift alters dna and increases cancer risk

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 8, 2021·6 min read

How Night Shift Work Increases Cancer Risk

Night-shifts destroy the natural 24-hour biological rhythm in the activity of certain cancer-related genes, resulting in more vulnerability to DNA damage and causing a mistiming in the DNA repair mechanisms in shift workers.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 23, 2021·3 min read

Targeted Delivery of Highly Toxic Anti-Cancer Drug to Brain Tumors

Researchers have developed a Dp44mT nano-carrier that can directly target glioblastoma and other brain cancer cells.

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·February 16, 2021·3 min read

Combination Treatment for Common Glioma Type Shows Promise

Treating mouse models of astrocytomas with a new combination therapy resulted in tumor regression in 60% of the mice.

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Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neurology

·February 15, 2021·5 min read

New Immunotherapy Target Discovered for Malignant Brain Tumors

Disabling the CD161 pathway restores the T-cell's ability to attack gliomas and extends lifespan in animal models of brain cancer.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·February 12, 2021·4 min read

Parallels in Spread of Brain Cancer in Mammals and Zebrafish

A new zebrafish model holds the potential for future studies of glioblastoma, an aggressive and lethal brain cancer.

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Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neurology

·February 11, 2021·6 min read

Glioblastoma Brain Cancer Mapped in Genetic, Molecular Detail

Study reveals a detailed map of gene proteins, infiltrating cells, and signaling pathways that play significant roles in the development and progression of glioblastoma brain cancer.