Stanford researchers halt brain cancer growth with absence of protein
Research at Stanford University suggests the growth of specific brain tumors -- high-grade gliomas -- can be stopped by cutting off access to a signaling molecule. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers hit the brakes on lethal brain cancers in mice
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) New research conducted in mice provides evidence that highly lethal brain tumors, called high-grade gliomas, stop growing when deprived of a specific molecule naturally produced when brain cells fire. The experiments, led by a group of scientists from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, suggest that targeting a protein called neuroligin-3 may prove beneficial in patients with these diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - September 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
New study shows that genomic profiling can help improve treatment of brain tumors in children
(Wiley) The largest genomic profiling study ever conducted into a type of brain tumor known as glioma in children has identified genetic alterations in 96% of cases. As reported in The Oncologist, this genetic information could help to identify the most effective treatments for specific cases of glioma, hopefully improving the prognosis for what is currently the leading cause of death for children with cancer in the US. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - September 14, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Zika virus may be useful in treating brain tumours
Conclusion
This is an interesting piece of research that shows how knowledge in one field of medicine can sometimes be applied to another field with surprising results.
But it's important to be realistic about the stage of research. This is very much a "proof of concept" study, and tests on cells, tissues and mice don't necessarily translate into a safe and effective treatment for humans.
The study has several limitations, but the fact the treatment so far hasn't been tested on humans is the most important. For one thing, Zika virus doesn't naturally infect mice, so researchers had to use a specially engineered v...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Source Type: news
New connections: Pleiotrophin and glioma
The cytokine pleiotrophin promotes the invasion and vascularization of glioma. (Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment)
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - September 5, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Wong, W. Tags: STKE Editors ' Choice Source Type: news
Oncolytic virotherapy offers new approach in treating brain tumors
For Jennifer Amsley and daughter Xia Martinez of Maryland, an oncolytic virotherapy study at Children ’s of Alabama has strengthened their resolve to fight and their desire for a sense of normalcy.
Xia, 14, has an aggressive glioma brain tumor and an MRI showed new growth. That’s when doctors in Maryland informed Xia and her family of a clinical trial conducted by Dr. Gregory Friedman, associat e professor of pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Children’s, and scientist… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 1, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Content provided by Children ’s of Alabama Source Type: news
Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - August 31, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Nanotech derived from amniotic stem cells could help treat brain cancer
Creative Medical Technology Holdings (OTC:CELZ) touted its exosome technology today, reporting that it demonstrated an ability to regenerate healthy brain cells while selectively halting the growth of glioma brain cancer cells in a preclinical model.
The company’s exosomes are vesicles harvested from amniotic stem cell technology, which it licensed from the University of California San Diego in an exclusive deal for the AmnioStem platform.
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Source: Mass Device - July 26, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Neurological Oncology Research & Development Stent Grafts Wall Street Beat creativemedicaltechnologyholdings University of California at San Diego Source Type: news
Tocagen Receives European Medicines Agency Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation for Toca 511 in High Grade Glioma
SAN DIEGO, July 24, 2017 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Tocagen Inc. (Nasdaq: TOCA), a clinical-stage, cancer-selective gene therapy company, today announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted Toca 511 (vocimagene amiretrorepvec... Biopharmaceuticals, Oncology, Regulatory Tocagen, Toca 511, glioma (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - July 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent inhibits glioblastoma growth and radiation resistance
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) A collaborative team of neuro-oncology surgeon/scientists -- led by Ichiro Nakano, M.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Maode Wang, M.D., Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China -- has discovered a unique and previously unidentified molecular mechanism that maintains glioma stem cells, and they have tested it as a potential therapeutic target in glioblastoma, using a novel small molecule inhibitor they designed and synthesized (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 24, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Addy Sooter headed to Mexico for treatment for brain tumor
Addy Sooter, who lives in Rogers, Arkansas, was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) brain tumor in November 2016. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Girl headed to Mexico for at treatment for brain tumor
Addy Sooter, who lives in Rogers, Arkansas, was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) brain tumor in November 2016. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves Fluorescing Agent for Glioma Surgery
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the optical imaging agent aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride to enhance visualization of malignant tissue during surgery for gliomas. (Source: CancerNetwork)
Source: CancerNetwork - June 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Leah Lawrence Tags: Brain Tumors News Source Type: news
Concussion researcher nets $25M for CTE program
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 12, 2017 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
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