By Nick Lavars August 31, 2021 Scientists have made a key discovery around how cancer stem cells can give rise to recurring brain tumors ralwel/Depositphotos Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer, and compounding the threat is the high probability of recurrence following treatment, with dormant tumor cells springing back into action and giving...
by McGill University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain McGill University researchers identify proteins that drive cancer stem cells. Targeting and supressing a particular protein called galectin1 could provide a more effective treatment for glioblastoma, in combination with radiation therapy. Due to its resistance to therapy, glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive cancerous brain tumor in adults. It grows...
by Texas A&M University Dr. Beth Boudreau, assistant professor of neurology at Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Credit: Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences A team of researchers at Texas A&M University, Northwestern University, and ImmunoGenesis has discovered a treatment for glioblastoma that has promising implications for the human version of...
by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Fluorescence labelling of distinct layers of the brain. Each colour represents a different cell type within the cortex. Credit: Maria Bergamasco A novel approach to immunotherapy design could pave the way for new treatments for people with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. Using specifically designed...
Penn scientists use cryo-electron microscopy to illuminate how piperlongumine works against glioblastoma. Piperlongumine, a chemical compound found in the Indian Long Pepper plant (Piper longum), is known to kill cancerous cells in many tumor types, including brain tumors. Now an international team including researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA–Piperlongumine, a chemical compound found in the Indian Long Pepper plant (Piper longum), is known to kill cancerous cells in many tumor types, including brain tumors. Now an international team including researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has illuminated one way in which...
Groundbreaking research from Tel Aviv University may lead to a significant breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain cancer. TAU researchers have identified a failure in the brain’s immune system that leads to the amplification of cell division and the spread of glioblastoma cancer cells. The failure results partially from the secretion of a protein called P-Selectin (SELP), which enables glioblastoma...
Pictured is a brain section scan showing a glioblastoma tumor (in dark blue).Dr. P. Marazzi/Science Photo Library/Getty Images One of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer is glioblastoma, which has a low survival rate and is difficult to treat. One type of glioblastoma is mitochondrial brain cancer. This type relies on overactive mitochondria, or...
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY PRESS IMAGE: COMPARED WITH CONTROL MICE (TOP TWO ROWS), BRAIN TUMORS (GREEN) GROW FASTER IN THE ABSENCE OF RAB35 (BOTTOM TWO ROWS). CREDIT: ©2021 KULASEKARAN ET AL. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY. Researchers at McGill University have identified a new cellular pathway that limits the growth and spread of brain tumors by controlling...
by American Cancer Society Toxoplasma gondii. Credit: Wikipedia A new study suggests a link between toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection and the risk of glioma, a type of brain cancer, in adults. The report, appearing in the International Journal of Cancer, finds that people who have glioma are more likely to have antibodies to T. gondii(indicating that they have had...
