Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Lost for words—the devastation caused by aphasia

Aphasia is a devastating diagnosis that affects your ability to speak or understand language. It's a little-known condition that effects 300,000 Europeans every year and recently made headlines when actor Bruce Willis announced ...

Neuroscience

New cancer scan could guide brain surgery

A type of ultrasound scan can detect cancer tissue left behind after a brain tumor is removed more sensitively than surgeons, and could improve the outcome from operations, a new study suggests.

Medications

Unexpected use of former cancer drug

Researchers at Lund University have unexpectedly discovered that an old cancer drug can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissue. The researchers now have high hopes that their discovery could lead to new treatments ...

Oncology & Cancer

Nanocrystals to deliver oxygen to brain tumours

Glioblastoma, the most widespread and lethal primary brain tumor in adults, is notoriously difficult to treat due to the surrounding lack of oxygen essential to the effectiveness of current treatment.

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