Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 31, 2021·3 min readFighting Brain Cancer at Its RootResearchers have identified specific proteins that drive the development of cancer stem cells. They report targeting and suppressing galectin1, in addition to radiation therapy, could be an effective treatment for glioblastoma brain cancer.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 31, 2019·4 min readNew glioblastoma vaccine shows promising results in phase Ib clinical trialA new vaccine for glioblastoma brain cancer suspends tumor growth and is well tolerated by patients, according to the results of an early phase clinical trial.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 18, 2021·4 min readNeuroinflammation Protein Linked to Worse Survival in Men With GlioblastomaVariations in the TSPO neuroinflammation-associated protein's structure correlates with worse survival outcomes for male glioblastoma brain cancer patients than females.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·November 21, 2016·2 min readSmart Drug Targets The Deadliest Brain Cancer For DestructionResearchers have developed a new drug that could help prolong the lives of people with glioblastoma brain cancer.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 11, 2021·4 min readTumor-Promoting Immune Cells Retrained to Fight Most Aggressive Type of Brain CancerCombining αGITR antibodies with ICBs resulted in stronger survival benefits in mouse models of human glioblastoma brain cancer.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurology·January 9, 2016·5 min readKey Driver For Treatment of Glioblastoma Brain Cancer DiscoveredResearchers have discovered a key to glioblastoma tumor cells proliferation, and ways to turn this engine of tumor growth into a target for cancer treatment.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 24, 2018·5 min readTiny Particles Could Help Fight Brain CancerResearchers at MIT have developed a new drug delivering nanoparticle that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. The nanoparticles carry two different drugs that can help shrink tumors and prevent them from growing back.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·February 11, 2019·5 min readImmunotherapy Can Be Effective in Treating People with Recurrent GlioblastomaResearchers report administering immunotherapy treatment prior to surgery for those with recurring glioblastoma brain cancer is more effective that using the treatment after surgery.Read More
Brain CancerFeatured·May 14, 2015·4 min readMap of Deadly Glioblastoma Brain Cancer ReleasedNewly released map of glioblastoma brain cancer could help researchers find new cures for deadly disease.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurology·June 4, 2018·5 min readA Potential Achilles Heel in Brain CancerA 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
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurology·July 21, 2017·4 min readCD44s Gives Glioblastoma Brain Cancer a Survival AdvantageA 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
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 16, 2020·3 min readImproved brain chip for precision treatment of brain cancerA new brain chip allows multiple simultaneous drugs to be administered directly to glioblastoma brain cancer tumors.Read More
