Medications
Compound from violets may help fight glioblastoma
A circular peptide derived from violets could lead to new approaches in treating glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.
Jan 26, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Boosting T cells improves survival in mice with glioblastoma
Glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer in the brain or spinal cord, has proven stubbornly resistant to newer immunotherapies. And radiation and chemotherapy, the standard treatment for glioblastoma, result in fewer than 10 percent ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Major step forward in development of diagnostic blood test for glioblastoma
Researchers at the University of Sussex are one step further to developing a blood test capable of diagnosing the most aggressive form of brain tumor.
Jan 17, 2022
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Medications
CBD reduces glioblastoma's size, supportive environment in experimental model
Inhaled CBD shrinks the size of the highly aggressive, lethal brain tumor glioblastoma in an animal model by reducing the essential support of its microenvironment, researchers report.
Dec 23, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
DNA nanotubes deliver therapeutics to glioblastoma tumors
Glioblastoma is widely considered the most aggressive brain cancer. Even with treatment, patient survival rates are low, with most living an average of 15–18 months after diagnosis. Because of the highly diverse characteristics ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New analysis tool drives more accuracy in evaluation of new brain tumor treatments, individual survival estimates
An international team of scientists, including those at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has devised a tool that could help design more successful clinical trials for new ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Which glioblastoma patients will respond to immunotherapy? A biomarker may hold answers
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new biomarker to identify which patients with brain tumors called glioblastomas—the most common and malignant of primary brain tumors—might benefit from immunotherapy.
Nov 29, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug designed for Alzheimer's disease may hold promise for treating glioblastoma
New Cleveland Clinic research has found that drugs originally designed to help treat Alzheimer's disease may hold promise for glioblastoma, the most common and lethal type of primary brain tumor. The findings were published ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Neuroinflammation protein linked to worse survival in men with glioblastoma
Scientists have discovered a new link that could bring the scientific and medical community closer to understanding why glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor, is deadlier in males than females.
Oct 18, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Stress pushes brain cancer cells to adapt, shows study
Glioblastoma multiformes is a potentially devastating brain tumor. Now, a collaboration between UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) is discovering what makes them so adaptable and dangerous and sometimes able to ...
Oct 7, 2021
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