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Glioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 New Cleveland Clinic research has found that drugs originally designed to help treat Alzheimer's disease may hold promise for glioblastoma, the most common and lethal type of primary brain tumor. The findings were published in Nature Cancer. A class of drugs called BACE1…

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One day in 2010, when oncologist Paul Muizelaar operated on a patient with glioblastoma—a brain tumor infamous for its deathly toll—he did something shocking. First, he cut the skull open and carved out as much of the tumor as he could. But before he replaced the piece of skull to…

Scientists have discovered a new link that could bring the scientific and medical community closer to understanding why glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor, is deadlier in males than females. A new study by Florida International University's Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Cleveland Clinic Lerner…

In January this year, Laura Caluori received a phone call that would change her life.  She was told that her 39-year-old brother, Stuart, had been diagnosed with a glioblastoma – a cancerous brain tumour the size of a £2 coin.  ‘I Googled it straight away, which was probably the worst…

Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new way to determine whether an individual cancer patient will respond to a particular drug. Their method involves exposing cells to the drug and then measuring changes in their mass using a device similar to the one shown. Credit: Figure…

Santa Barbara, CA, September 23, 2021 --(PR.com)-- 25-year-old Mark Melchiore from Philadelphia, PA shared a final smile with Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and FOX Sports lead NFL game analyst, Troy Aikman, a man Mark had long admired. After Mark had been diagnosed with Glioblastoma and given a life expectancy…

PENDANG: There is nothing a mother can do other than pray to God that her seven-year-old son who suffers from stage four neuroblastoma, a malignant cancer of the nervous system, will survive the ordeal and be able to enjoy life like any other child. Fara Wahida Md Ishak, 37, who…

McGill University researchers identify proteins that drive cancer stem cells. Targeting and supressing a particular protein called galectin1 could provide a more effective treatment for glioblastoma, in combination with radiation therapy. Due to its resistance to therapy, glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive cancerous brain tumour in adults. It…

Josie Rock was taking pictures of her 3-month-old son Asher when the lighting in the room suddenly dimmed, initiating the flash on her iPhone. Asher's eyes opened wide, but instead of his pupils glowing red, as they normally do when a flash is used, one of his pupils was white.…