Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas
Cancer is a sneaky disease. Find one method of treating it successfully, and it finds another way to survive.
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Cancer is a sneaky disease. Find one method of treating it successfully, and it finds another way to survive.
May 22, 2023
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A team of gene therapists, oncologists, genetic sequencing experts and neurosurgeons affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S. and one in Sweden has uncovered gene variants that appear to be responsible for passing ...
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified an enzyme which aids tumors in evading the immune system, findings that could provide future directions for tumor treatment, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
Apr 12, 2023
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Using artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered how to screen for genetic mutations in cancerous brain tumors in under 90 seconds—and possibly streamline the diagnosis and treatment of gliomas, a study suggests.
Mar 23, 2023
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Children diagnosed with diffuse midline gliomas often die within a year after their initial diagnosis since there are no effective treatments yet for this rare cancer. But researchers now have a better understanding of what ...
Dec 5, 2022
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Research led by doctors and scientists at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UCLA Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior have identified a gene that may provide a therapeutic target for ...
Oct 19, 2022
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An important new clue for preventing and treating brain tumors known as gliomas has been identified in research led by the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Mayo Clinic ...
Oct 7, 2022
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The deadliest form of brain cancer returns because tumors adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue, say researchers who are trying to find a cure for the disease.
Aug 22, 2022
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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who previously developed a blood test for mutations in a gene linked to gliomas, the most common type of adult brain tumors, have now applied their technology to detect ...
Jul 22, 2022
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Researchers have discovered that infiltrating gliomas, a common brain and spinal cord tumor, are shaped by their genetic evolution and microenvironment, a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments.
Jun 9, 2022
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