News tagged with medulloblastoma


Student's fast start in research contributes to life-saving rapid test

As if the story of breakthrough research were not enough, there is the story of the researcher. The accomplishment, in this case, is a rapid test for detecting devastating bacterial infections. The researcher ...

Medical research created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New model of childhood brain cancer establishes first step to personalized treatment

Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the ...

Cancer created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MicroRNA-218 targets medulloblastoma, most aggressive childhood brain cancer

Between the blueprint of the genome and the products of its expression lie microRNAs, which can boost or lower the rate at which genes become stuff. In fact, many cancers use microRNA to magnify the expression of faulty genes ...

Cancer created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast