Scientists have helped provide a way to better understand how to enable drugs to enter the brain and how cancer cells make it past the blood brain barrier.
Sep 19, 2017
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Many types of cancer are caused by gene mutations in the signalling pathways that control cell growth, such as the hedgehog signalling pathway. A new study from the Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Nature Communications, ...
Aug 8, 2016
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A university degree is linked to a heightened risk of developing a brain tumour, suggests a large observational study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Jun 20, 2016
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found a new way of preventing resistance to cytostatics used in the treatment of cancers such as medulloblastoma, the most common form of malignant brain tumour in children. The promising ...
Nov 26, 2015
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Astrocytomas are special type of brain tumours that are difficult to treat, because they do not respond to standard therapies. One reason for this resistance could be their ability to form a communication network. This was ...
Nov 5, 2015
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Scientists have identified a gene mutation linked to the development of an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Jun 12, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—German scientists have discovered rogue brain tumour cells in patient blood samples, challenging the idea that this type of cancer doesn't generally spread beyond the brain.
Aug 1, 2014
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Researchers in France may have discovered why some patients with a type of brain tumour have epileptic seizures.
Jul 14, 2014
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One of the deadliest forms of paediatric brain tumour, Group 3 medulloblastoma, is linked to a variety of large-scale DNA rearrangements which all have the same overall effect on specific genes located on different chromosomes. ...
Jun 23, 2014
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Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) have made a discovery that could lead to better treatment for patients suffering from brain cancer.
Dec 8, 2013
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