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New study uncovers how gliomas disrupt brain function and points to rapid therapeutic reversal

by Brittani Wright, Columbia University A representative field of the tumor-infiltrated cortex (glioma cells: mCherry; red) of a Thy1-EGFP-M mouse (neurons; green), scale bar: 250 mm. Credit: Canoll Lab A study led by Dr. Peter Canoll’s lab, in collaboration with researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Zuckerman Institute, and Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, along...

Novel therapy may improve survival for patients with malignant gliomas
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Novel therapy may improve survival for patients with malignant gliomas

by Melissa Rohman,  Northwestern University Glioma of the left parietal lobe. CT scan with contrast enhancement. Credit: Mikhail Kalinin/CC BY-SA 3.0 A novel therapy engineered by Northwestern Medicine investigators improved progression-free and overall survival for patients with newly diagnosed malignant gliomas, according to results from a recent phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet Oncology. In...