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This shows a brain with cancer cells being blasted away by a laser.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 26, 2026·8 min read

Laser Heat Unlocks Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer

Scientists use laser heat to "unseal" the blood-brain barrier, allowing immunotherapy to achieve record-breaking survival rates for brain cancer.

This is an MRI scan of a brain with a glioma.

Brain Cancer Featured

·November 7, 2013·3 min read

Common Genetic Pathway Could be Conduit to Pediatric Tumor Treatment

Researchers discover the mTOR pathway is highly active in many cases of pediatric low-grade glioma. Blocking the pathway lead to a decreased growth of the brain tumors.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 10, 2013·5 min read

The Cancer Genome Atlas Exposes More Secrets of Lethal Brain Tumor

Researchers delve deeply into the genomics of 599 GBM brain cancer cases to better target the disease.

The image shows a microscopic view of a typical neuroblastoma with rosette formation.

Brain Cancer Featured

·January 29, 2013·2 min read

Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Relapsed Neuroblastoma Patient Induces Complete Remission

Cancer treatment vaccine research leads to remission in a child with a relapsed neuroblastoma.

A brain slice with glioblastoma multiforme

Brain Cancer Featured

·January 17, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Identify Enzyme Involved in Deadly Brain Tumors

In a study published in Neuro-Oncology, researchers at Mayo Clinic identify an important association between the naturally occurring enzyme Kallikrein 6, also known as KLK6, and glioblastoma multiforme tumors.