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The experimental compound cyclopamine was previously known to shut down a critical cell-signaling pathway (Hedgehog) in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer: glioblastoma multiforme.
Now, according to Johns Hopkins scientists, cyclopamine have been able to successfully kill cancer stem cells thought to fuel tumor growth and help cancers evade drug and radiation […]
Gliomas are the scariest group of brain tumors, the most common type of which is the most aggressive.
Malignant gliomas are least affected by chemotherapy and radiation. Patients only survive a year after diagnosis.
Shedding light into this seeming hopeless, fatal condition, Lund University (Sweden) research suggests that stem cells from the brain can be developed to […]
U.S. researchers have recently reported that in children with brain tumors called medulloblastomas, a highly targeted treatment that relies on the patient’s own stem cells led to improved outcomes: from 30-40% chance of surviving to five years to 70-80%.
Chemotherapy usually lasts for 12 months. In this new treatment regimen, radiation therapy is tailored to the […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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