Glioma
Glioma: is a type of tumor that exist in the brain and spinal cord. It can occur in the brain and in diverse locations in the nervous system, including the brain stem and spinal column.
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AUG 23, 2019Cancer
AUG 23, 2019New research published in Nature Communications provides insight on a potential treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic P...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2019Cancer
MAY 11, 2019Here’s something you probably never thought you’d hear: scientists have figured out a way to use scorpion venom to improve brain tumor imaging....WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 19, 2019Cannabis Sciences
APR 19, 2019If you ask any neurologist they will tell you that the blood brain barrier is a major hurdle when designing drugs that are meant to be delivered into the b...WRITTEN BY: Amy LoriauxMAR 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
MAR 24, 2019Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a new drug combination treatment ta...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminJAN 30, 2019Cancer
JAN 30, 2019Doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York recently published a paper in Nature detailing what they believe is a novel,...WRITTEN BY: Amy LoriauxNOV 13, 2018Neuroscience
NOV 13, 2018Perineuronal nets (PNNs), a specialized extracellular matrix structures that surround the cell bodies and proximal...WRITTEN BY: Aswini KannegantiJUL 24, 2018Cancer
JUL 24, 2018A new drug and new drug class have been approved by the FDA for relapsed or refractory AML patients with an IDH1 mutation. The new drug offers options for patients....WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 27, 2018Cancer
JUN 27, 2018Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approach for grade IV patients....WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 26, 2018Cancer
JUN 26, 2018A new article from Nature Communications published on June 18, 2018 now outlines a newly discovered connection between infant soft tissue tumors and the mutations involving EGFR and BRAF gene...WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 19, 2018Cancer
JUN 19, 2018Malignant glioma has specific invasive patterns of growth within the brain; one structure avoided by tumor cells is the hippocampus....WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 15, 2018Cancer
MAY 15, 2018Understanding a cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming for individuals not familiar with medicine and the language used. There are great free resources available for this specific purpose....WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 09, 2018Cancer
MAY 09, 2018A new study in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health observed increased Glioblastoma Multiforme over a 21-year period (1995-2015) coinciding with increase cell phone use and access....WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 18, 2018Cancer
APR 18, 2018Studies work toward a pediatric pan-cancer atlas similar to the larger scale adult cancer genome atlas. Approaches, diagnoses, prognoses, and treatments differ between adult and cancers of ch...WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 06, 2018Cancer
APR 06, 2018The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and is available to the public after 10+ years of analysis....WRITTEN BY: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 15, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
MAR 15, 2018For people newly diagnosed with glioma, a lethal brain cancer, the most they can hope for is an accurate diagnosis, so doctors can choose the best treatmen...WRITTEN BY: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
JAN 09, 2018Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have made progress in the fight against glioblastoma....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2018Videos
JAN 01, 2018A rare form of brain cancer that strikes mostly children under the age of 10 years old seems centered in a particular area of Florida. While it's very rare...WRITTEN BY: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2017Neuroscience
SEP 26, 2017Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and treat. Many cancer drugs cannot pass...WRITTEN BY: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 14, 2017Cancer
JUN 14, 2017A tumor growing in the brain can alter immune activities that may be detectable up to five years before symptoms manifest. Such study offers the hope of un...WRITTEN BY: Xuan PhamMAY 05, 2017Cancer
MAY 05, 2017High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk for brain tumors called meningiomas....WRITTEN BY: Xuan PhamMAR 30, 2017Cancer
MAR 30, 2017A new research into the causes of deadly brain cancer implicates 13 new genetic regions. This doubles the number of known genetic mutations that seem to in...WRITTEN BY: Xuan PhamMAR 09, 2017Cancer
MAR 09, 2017Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive cancers in the world. There is constant research into the causes of these tumors, which are almost always fatal....WRITTEN BY: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2017Cancer
MAR 01, 2017A sinister brain tumor that claims the lives of every affected child may now be stopped with a new molecule drug. The brain tumor is known as diffuse intri...WRITTEN BY: Xuan PhamJAN 11, 2017Cancer
JAN 11, 2017Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor-seeking missiles” to help fig...WRITTEN BY: Xuan Pham
AUG 23, 2019
Cancer
AUG 23, 2019
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight on a potential treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic P...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2019
Cancer
MAY 11, 2019
Here’s something you probably never thought you’d hear: scientists have figured out a way to use scorpion venom to improve brain tumor imaging....
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
APR 19, 2019
If you ask any neurologist they will tell you that the blood brain barrier is a major hurdle when designing drugs that are meant to be delivered into the b...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
MAR 24, 2019
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a new drug combination treatment ta...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
JAN 30, 2019
Cancer
JAN 30, 2019
Doctors from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York recently published a paper in Nature detailing what they believe is a novel,...
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Loriaux
NOV 13, 2018
Neuroscience
NOV 13, 2018
Perineuronal nets (PNNs), a specialized extracellular matrix structures that surround the cell bodies and proximal...
WRITTEN BY:
Aswini Kanneganti
JUL 24, 2018
Cancer
JUL 24, 2018
A new drug and new drug class have been approved by the FDA for relapsed or refractory AML patients with an IDH1 mutation. The new drug offers options for patients....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 27, 2018
Cancer
JUN 27, 2018
Glioblastoma is a very difficult cancer to treat; researchers look to an engineered poliovirus for novel targeted approach for grade IV patients....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 26, 2018
Cancer
JUN 26, 2018
A new article from Nature Communications published on June 18, 2018 now outlines a newly discovered connection between infant soft tissue tumors and the mutations involving EGFR and BRAF gene...
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 19, 2018
Cancer
JUN 19, 2018
Malignant glioma has specific invasive patterns of growth within the brain; one structure avoided by tumor cells is the hippocampus....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 15, 2018
Cancer
MAY 15, 2018
Understanding a cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming for individuals not familiar with medicine and the language used. There are great free resources available for this specific purpose....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 09, 2018
Cancer
MAY 09, 2018
A new study in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health observed increased Glioblastoma Multiforme over a 21-year period (1995-2015) coinciding with increase cell phone use and access....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 18, 2018
Cancer
APR 18, 2018
Studies work toward a pediatric pan-cancer atlas similar to the larger scale adult cancer genome atlas. Approaches, diagnoses, prognoses, and treatments differ between adult and cancers of ch...
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 06, 2018
Cancer
APR 06, 2018
The Cancer Genome Atlas project used genomic profiles and bioinformatics to catalogue 33 prevalent types of cancer and is available to the public after 10+ years of analysis....
WRITTEN BY:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 15, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
MAR 15, 2018
For people newly diagnosed with glioma, a lethal brain cancer, the most they can hope for is an accurate diagnosis, so doctors can choose the best treatmen...
WRITTEN BY:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
JAN 09, 2018
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have made progress in the fight against glioblastoma....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2018
Videos
JAN 01, 2018
A rare form of brain cancer that strikes mostly children under the age of 10 years old seems centered in a particular area of Florida. While it's very rare...
WRITTEN BY:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2017
Neuroscience
SEP 26, 2017
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and treat. Many cancer drugs cannot pass...
WRITTEN BY:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 14, 2017
Cancer
JUN 14, 2017
A tumor growing in the brain can alter immune activities that may be detectable up to five years before symptoms manifest. Such study offers the hope of un...
WRITTEN BY:
Xuan Pham
MAY 05, 2017
Cancer
MAY 05, 2017
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk for brain tumors called meningiomas....
WRITTEN BY:
Xuan Pham
MAR 30, 2017
Cancer
MAR 30, 2017
A new research into the causes of deadly brain cancer implicates 13 new genetic regions. This doubles the number of known genetic mutations that seem to in...
WRITTEN BY:
Xuan Pham
MAR 09, 2017
Cancer
MAR 09, 2017
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive cancers in the world. There is constant research into the causes of these tumors, which are almost always fatal....
WRITTEN BY:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2017
Cancer
MAR 01, 2017
A sinister brain tumor that claims the lives of every affected child may now be stopped with a new molecule drug. The brain tumor is known as diffuse intri...
WRITTEN BY:
Xuan Pham
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
JAN 11, 2017
Salmonella, the bacteria that is bane of all restaurants and grocery stores, has now been transformed into “tumor-seeking missiles” to help fig...
WRITTEN BY:
Xuan Pham