Adding Immune-Boosting Agent to Personalized Cancer Vaccine Supercharges the...
Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have pinpointed a combination immunotherapy treatment that enhances the immune response for people with malignant gliomas, an...
View ArticleSylvester Researchers Develop a Nanoparticle That Can Penetrate the...
Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have developed a nanoparticle that can penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Their goal is to...
View ArticleClinical Trials Show Promise in Treating Central Nervous System Lymphoma,...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers are leading three separate studies with encouraging results in treating patients with central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, breast cancer, and glioblastoma....
View ArticleNew Research Platform Assesses Brain Cancer Mutations During Surgery
Newswise — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Brain cancer is difficult to treat when it starts growing, and a prevalent type, known as a glioma, has a poor five-year survival rate. In a new study published in...
View ArticleNew Study Shows that Chronic Neurodegeneration can be Prevented after...
Violent blows or jolts to the head can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI), and there are currently about five million people in the U.S. living with chronic neurodegeneration and related impairments...
View ArticleHow the Scars of Demolished Brain Tumors Seed Relapse
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that recurrent tumors of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) grow out of the fibrous scars of malignant predecessors destroyed by...
View ArticleNew AI-Driven Tool Could Revolutionize Brain Pressure Monitoring in Intensive...
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a noninvasive technique that could dramatically improve the way doctors monitor intracranial hypertension, a condition where...
View ArticleNeurosurgeons Raise Concerns Over Medicare Payment Challenges Facing Surgical...
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) urge Congress to take immediate action to reform the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and...
View ArticleUTSW Study Reveals How Key Protein Affects Neuron Structure
A protein called torsinA plays a key role in the early development of neurons, determining where nuclear pores are placed in the membrane that encloses the nucleus of nerve cells, a study led by UT...
View ArticleUCLA Health Launches Clinical Trial Using Personalized Cancer Vaccine to...
In an effort to combat one of the most lethal forms of pediatric brain cancer, researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center are launching a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to...
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