University of Queensland research using natural killer cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years. Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes, a Principal Research Fellow from UQ's ...
Feb 11, 2025
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Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have discovered a way to stop tumor growth before it starts for a subtype of medulloblastoma, the most common childhood malignant brain cancer.
Feb 4, 2025
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Brain cancer is the second-leading cause of death in children in the developed world. For the children who survive, standard treatments have long-term impacts on their development and quality of life, particularly in small ...
Feb 4, 2025
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In a recent study, researchers from Uppsala University have shown that the Semliki Forest virus enters the central nervous system by first entering the cerebrospinal fluid and then binding to a specific cell type before penetrating ...
Jan 13, 2025
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A paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, titled "Comparative Analysis of Intracranial Response Assessment Criteria in Patients With Melanoma Brain Metastases Treated With Combination Nivolumab + Ipilimumab in ...
Jan 3, 2025
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A paper titled "Deep Learning and Transfer Learning for Brain Tumor Detection and Classification" published in Biology Methods and Protocols shows that scientists can train artificial intelligence (AI) models to distinguish ...
Nov 19, 2024
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In 2019, Raymond Mailhot was visiting with a young patient and his family facing a scary diagnosis—brain cancer. Treatments were incredibly effective, and the young boy was going to survive, Mailhot shared in Spanish with ...
Oct 15, 2024
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A study has found some cancers to be slightly more frequent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in people without MS. The study is published in the October 9, 2024, online issue of Neurology. Types of cancers found ...
Oct 9, 2024
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The brain is a stronghold, the central command center for the body, protected by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This network of blood vessels and tissues acts as a biological gatekeeper, a selective filter that prevents harmful ...
Oct 8, 2024
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Glioblastoma is a brain cancer with very poor survival outcomes. Most drugs can't cross the blood-brain barrier, which means that unlike other cancers, there just aren't that many therapies available for brain tumors.
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