I dumped my boyfriend because he had cancer …I felt like an awful person, now I’m running London Marathon in his honour
CUT AND RUN Published: 0:54, 21 Apr 2023A WOMAN who dumped her boyfriend because he had cancer is now running the London Marathon in his honour. Danielle Epstein, 32, said she ''felt like the most awful person" after leaving ex Jelle Fresen when he was diagnosed. 3 Danielle Epstein, 32,…
Researchers leverage cell self-destruction to treat brain tumors
Glioblastoma is the most common type of brain tumor in adults. The disease is 100% fatal and there are no cures, making it the most aggressive type of cancer. Such a poor prognosis has motivated researchers and neurosurgeons to understand the biology of tumors with the goal of creating better…
bubmagApril 7, 2023
Ruben Igielko-Herrlich, Film Marketing Veteran, Dies at 62
Ruben Igielko-Herrlich, a veteran film marketing executive, died March 7 in Beverly Hills. He was 62 and had been fighting glioblastoma brain cancer for four years. He co-founded PropagandaGEM, a global entertainment marketing group, in 1991 with his friend and business partner Anders Granath. The company expanded to encompass 10…
bubmagMarch 21, 2023
Two mutations team up to cloak a deadly brain cancer from the immune system, study suggests
Graphical Abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112235 A new study of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma suggests that two specific cancer cell mutations may work together to help hide tumors from the immune system, offering a possible way to predict whether the tumors would respond to an emerging class…
bubmagMarch 15, 2023
Brain cancer patients may benefit from treatment to boost white blood cells
Glioblastoma is an aggressive type of cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord. Patients with glioblastoma receive treatment that frequently leads to the unfortunate side effect of low white blood cell counts, i.e., severe and prolonged lymphopenia. It has been associated with worse survival, but its underlying…
bubmagJanuary 30, 2023
Irish doctor reveals how flash photography could save your child’s life as it uncovers fatal illness
Irish doctor reveals how flash photography could save your child’s life as it uncovers fatal illness
AN IRISH doctor has revealed that flash photography could save a child's life after she shared that taking a picture could uncover a sinister illness. Speaking to the Irish Sun, Dr Niamh Lynch, a consultant in paediatrics, said using flash photography could help to uncover retinoblastoma. 2 Dr Niamh Lynch…
bubmagJanuary 28, 2023
Noah Cowan, Former Toronto Film Festival Director and Indie Distributor, Dies at 55
Noah Cowan, a veteran film festival director and indie film specialty distributor, most recently with San Francisco International Film Festival, has died. He was 55. Cowan died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a battle with glioblastoma multiforme that was first diagnosed in December 2021. During a career that began in…
bubmagJanuary 26, 2023
New drug combination may effectively treat often fatal childhood brain tumor
CI-994 induces apoptosis and downregulates MYC expression in MYC-driven medulloblastoma cell lines. (A) Representative FACS analysis of MED8A and D425 MED cells treated either with DMSO (control), 5 or 7.5µM of CI-994 for 48 hours, and bar graphs displaying the mean of n=4 replicates. CI-994 treatment resulted in a dose-dependent…
bubmagJanuary 16, 2023