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·December 1, 2016·4 min read

Hallucinogenic Psilocybin Offers Relief For Cancer Related Depression and Anxiety

According to researchers, a single large dose if psilocybin, the active hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms, helped provide relief for people suffering from cancer related depression and anxiety for up to six months.

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·November 26, 2016·3 min read

Patient Treated In Trial Using Virus On Brain Tumor

Researchers inject a cold virus into a woman's brain in an effort to eradicate cancer.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·November 21, 2016·2 min read

Smart Drug Targets The Deadliest Brain Cancer For Destruction

Researchers have developed a new drug that could help prolong the lives of people with glioblastoma brain cancer.

Image shows a brain slice with a glioblastoma tumor.

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·November 17, 2016·5 min read

Study Reveals New Information on How Brain Cancer Spreads

Researchers have identified a pathway by which glioblastoma cancer cells aggressively spread and grow in the brain.

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·November 14, 2016·3 min read

Biomarker to Speed Diagnosis of Brain and Spinal Cord Inflammation Identified

Researchers have identified a new biomarker for spinal cord and brain inflammation.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 14, 2016·4 min read

Gene Deletion Allows Cancer Cells to Thrive When Migrating Within the Brain

Researchers believe their findings could open the door for new therapy strategies to treat glioma multiforme brain cancer.

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·November 7, 2016·4 min read

Key Mechanism of Cancer, Aging and Inflammation Uncovered

Researchers have discovered new details about the biology of telomeres which could shed new light on cancer, aging and neuroinflammation.

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·October 28, 2016·4 min read

Protein Associated With Growth of Breast Cancer Essential for Production of New Neurons

Researchers report AP2gamma, a protein associated with the growth of breast cancer tumors, plays a vital role in the regulation of hippocampal neurogenesis.

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·October 13, 2016·4 min read

Depriving Deadly Brain Tumors Of Cholesterol May Be Their Achilles’ Heel

Depriving glioblastoma brain cancer cells of cholesterol caused tumor regression and prolonged survival in mouse models of the disease, a new study reports.

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·October 13, 2016·7 min read

Common Prostate Cancer Treatment Linked to Later Dementia

Men with prostate cancer who are treated with testosterone lowering drugs are almost twice as likely to develop dementia within 5 years as those with the same cancer who are treated with different therapies, a new study reports.