A Potential Achilles Heel in Brain Cancer
A new study in PNAS reports blocking the expression of MDA-9/Syntenin forces glioma stem cells to lose their ability to induce protective autophagy.... Read More...
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To Sleep or Not to Sleep: The Complex Genetic Network Behind Sleep Duration
NIH researchers have identified a set of genes they believe could explain why some people need more, or less, sleep that others. The findings could help to develop new treatments for a variety of sleep disorders from insomnia to narcolepsy.... Read More...
New Approach to Destroying Deadly Brain Tumors
Researchers at UT Southwestern report medications used to treat arthritis and lung cancer may help in the battle against glioblastoma.... Read More...
Combination Treatment Targeting Glucose in Advanced Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results in Preclinical Study
UCLA researchers report erlotinib, an FDA approved drug, reduces glucose uptake in glioblastoma, effectively cutting off nutrients and energy supply to the tumor.... Read More...
Study Splits Incurable Childhood Brain Tumors Into 10 New Diseases
Based on a large scale meta analysis, researchers report striking differences between children's high grade gliomas, so much so that they could be split into 10 different subtypes based on different characteristics. The findings have important implications for developing new and individualized treatments. ... Read More...
CD44s Gives Glioblastoma Brain Cancer a Survival Advantage
A new Baylor study reveals the CD44s molecule gives glioblastoma brain cancer cells a survival advantage. Removing CD44s from cancer cells and treating with erlotinib helped to promote the death of cancer cells than by just treating the cancer with erlotinib alone, researchers said.... Read More...
How Neurons and Glia Cells Are Created in the Developing Brain
Researchers have identified a gene that plays a vital role in the production of neurons and glial cells in the brain.... Read More...
Experimental Therapy Halts Treatment Resistant Brain Tumors
Researchers report an experimental treatment has shown to be able to stop treatment resistant glioblastoma in human cells and mouse models.... Read More...
Potential New Treatment Target for Glioblastoma Brain Cancer
A new study reports a protein called OSMR is required for glioblastoma brain cancer to form. ... Read More...
Dying to Sleep: Molecule Induces Lifesaving Sleep in Worms
Researchers have identified a protein that promotes sleep in C.elegans. ... Read More...
Three Classes of Anti-Cancer Drugs Work in Synergy Against Glioblastoma
Researchers report a combination of three different anti-cancer drugs shows promising results for the treatment of glioblastoma brain cancer.... Read More...
Tumors Might Grow Faster at Night
According to a new study, a hormone which helps keep us alert also suppresses the spread of cancer.... Read More...