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Nanotherapy: Treating Deadly Brain Tumors by Delivering Big Radiation With Tiny Tools
March 20, 2012 — For the past 40 years, radiation has been used to treat deadly brain tumors. But beams of radiation still must pass through healthy brain tissue to reach the tumor, and large amounts cause serious ... > full story -
Brain Cancer Blood Vessels Not Substantially Tumor-Derived
March 8, 2012 — Scientists have published laboratory data refuting studies that suggest blood vessels that form within brain cancers are largely made up of cancer cells. The theory of cancer-based blood vessels ... > full story -
New Pathway Found for Regulation of Blood Vessel Growth in Cancer
March 1, 2012 — Researchers have identified a new function for a gene that normally prevents the development of cancer. Scientists had known that the gene, which encodes a protein called p14 ARF, works inside the ... > full story -
Treating Brain Cancer With Viral Vector
March 1, 2012 — Surgeons are now starting to treat patients with recurrent brain cancer by directly injecting an investigational viral vector into their ... > full story -
Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone
February 21, 2012 — A new study finds a strong correlation between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a cell phone, with more than 70 percent of participants holding their cell phone up to the ear on the same ... > full story -
Nano-Technology Uses Virus' Coats to Fool Cancer Cell
February 17, 2012 — While there have been major advances in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of tumors within the brain, brain cancer continues to have a very low survival rate in part to high levels of ... > full story -
Discovery Predicts Patient Sensitivity to Important Drug Target in Deadly Brain Cancer
February 6, 2012 — A recent discovery enables the prediction of patient sensitivity to proposed drug therapies for glioblastoma – the most common and most aggressive malignant brain tumor in ... > full story -
Cancer Sequencing Initiative Discovers Mutations Tied to Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors
January 29, 2012 — A cancer sequencing initiative has discovered mutations tied to aggressive childhood brain tumors. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain ... > full story -
Collaborative Research Sheds Light on New Cancer Stem Cell Therapies
January 27, 2012 — New anti-cancer research has led to the development of a novel class of chemical inhibitors that specifically target cancer cells with ... > full story -
Possible New Pathway Can Overcome Glioblastoma Resistance
January 24, 2012 — Glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer, is one of the most resistant to available therapies and patients typically live approximately 15 months. Previous research has focused on the activation of the ... > full story
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