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·May 22, 2016·8 min read

Tiny Packages May Pack Powerful Treatment for Brain Tumors

A lipid nanocarrier small enough to pass the blood-brain barrier could be an effective method for delivering chemotherapy medications to help fight glioblastoma brain tumors, a new study reports.

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·May 24, 2018·5 min read

Tiny Particles Could Help Fight Brain Cancer

Researchers 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.

This is a brain slice with a glioblastoma brain tumor showing in it.

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·April 7, 2015·3 min read

Too Much of a Bad Thing Can Be Good in Brain Tumors

More DNA mutations in glioblastomas may mean better prognosis for brain cancer patients.

Brain Cancer Genetics

·May 9, 2012·3 min read

Transplanted Gene-Modified Blood Stem Cells Protect Brain Cancer Patients from Toxic Side Effects of Chemotherapy

Study is first to show feasibility and efficacy of a new use for autologous stem cell transplant. For the first...

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·August 27, 2021·4 min read

Treatment That May Be Viable For Human Brain Cancer Discovered

A new STING treatment induces immunological responses that allow the immune system to fight otherwise immunological resistant glioblastoma cancer cells, researchers report.

Outline of a head with the brain exposed in orange.

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·November 7, 2015·4 min read

Tumor Network in Brain Increases Treatment Resistance

Researchers uncover a possible reason as to why astrocytomas don't respond to standard forms of cancer treatment.

This shows a picture of a brain with someone's finger on it

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·May 11, 2021·4 min read

Tumor-Promoting Immune Cells Retrained to Fight Most Aggressive Type of Brain Cancer

Combining αGITR antibodies with ICBs resulted in stronger survival benefits in mouse models of human glioblastoma brain cancer.

This MRI scan image shows recurrent glioblastomas.

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·October 11, 2013·3 min read

Two-Drug Combination Slows Malignant Brain Tumors in Mice

A new study reports a novel combination of two targeted drugs dramatically slowed the growth of brain cancer tumors and significantly extended survival in mouse models.

The image is a brain scan of a patient with recurrent glioblastoma.

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·March 12, 2013·3 min read

Using Fat to Fight Brain Cancer

Researchers discover stem cells from a patient's own fat could potentially deliver new treatments directly to the brain after the removal of a glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer.

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·January 16, 2023·3 min read

Using Machine Learning to Predict Brain Tumor Progression

Combining machine learning technology with neuroimaging data, clinicians will be better able to fully analyze a patient's glioblastoma brain tumor and predict cancer progression.