Oncology & Cancer
Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas
Cancer is a sneaky disease. Find one method of treating it successfully, and it finds another way to survive.
May 22, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How bispecific antibodies could bring new hope to patients with lung cancer
Antibodies are proteins produced by our immune system, that protect us from foreign antigens that enter our body. These bind to antigens through epitopes, i.e., binding sites on antigens, to subsequently eliminate them. Generally, ...
May 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Amino acid PET successfully differentiates recurrent brain metastases, reducing invasive procedures and overtreatment
A newly published meta-analysis indicates that amino acid PET can accurately differentiate recurrent or progressive brain metastases from treatment-related changes. A specificity of 84% suggests that it may reduce the number ...
May 12, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemotherapy drug reaches brain in humans for first time
A major impediment to treating the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma has been that the most potent chemotherapy can't permeate the blood-brain barrier to reach the aggressive brain tumor.
May 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Two studies find role for alternative lengthening of telomeres in treatment-resistant tumors
Two recent papers from researchers in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Cancer Center have advanced the understanding of treatment-resistant pediatric tumors, both in assessing a novel treatment and in characterizing ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel treatment regimen appears well tolerated, beneficial to children with relapsed brain tumors
The first in-human-study of a new immunotherapy that blocks a natural enzyme tumors commandeer for their protection was well tolerated by children with relapsed brain tumors and enabled many to have unexpected months of a ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Medication delivered in a gel stops brain tumors in mice. Could it offer hope for humans?
Medication delivered by a novel gel cured 100% of mice with an aggressive brain cancer, a striking result that offers new hope for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most common brain tumors in ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Surgery
Research sheds light on minimally invasive neurosurgery approach
Brain tumors located in regions that control speech, vision and motor function present additional challenges to neurosurgeons, as damaging the surrounding tissue can cause severe loss of those abilities. Because of this, ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers use AI to understand lung cancer cell vulnerabilities
A scientific team that includes University of Montana biologist Mark Grimes recently used artificial intelligence to better understand how protein groups in lung cancer cells regulate cell division and metabolism.
Apr 19, 2023
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Neuroscience
Brain images just got 64 million times sharper
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is how we visualize soft, watery tissue that is hard to image with X-rays. But while an MRI provides good enough resolution to spot a brain tumor, it needs to be a lot sharper to visualize ...
Apr 17, 2023
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