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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.

a brain slice from a patient with glioblastoma brain cancer

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neurology

·June 4, 2018·5 min read

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.

This shows brain slices with a glioblastoma tumor

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·August 8, 2019·5 min read

Adding MS drug to targeted cancer therapy may improve glioblastoma outcomes

Teriflunomide, a drug commonly used to treat multiple sclerosis, shows promise for the treatment of glioblastoma when coupled with targeted cancer therapies.

Image shows a glioblastoma brain cancer tumor in a brain slice.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neurology

·July 21, 2017·4 min read

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.

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·October 9, 2017·4 min read

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.

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·March 7, 2016·4 min read

Dying to Sleep: Molecule Induces Lifesaving Sleep in Worms

Researchers have identified a protein that promotes sleep in C.elegans.

Image shows brain cells expressing Olig2.

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·May 9, 2016·5 min read

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.

This image shows an MRI brain scan of a person with glioblastoma brain cancer.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology

·August 25, 2014·3 min read

Finding Keys to Glioblastoma Therapeutic Resistance

Researchers discover why certain glioblastoma brain tumors are resistant to drugs.

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·May 3, 2017·5 min read

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.

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·March 25, 2020·4 min read

Lung cancer therapy may improve outcomes of metastatic brain cancer

Medications commonly used to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has metastasized may have therapeutic benefits for patients with metastatic brain cancers.