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Widely-used hormone drug linked to increased risk of benign brain tumour a
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], February 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that high doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions like excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma -- the most common type of benign brain tumour
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New study finds if bacteria confound genetic switch
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI): For decades, a small group of medical researchers have been studying a biochemical, DNA tagging system, which switches genes on or off. Many have studied it in bacteria and now some have seen signs of it in, plants, flies, and even human brain tumours. Accord
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Scientists develop novel magnetic seeds to heat and kill cancer
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [England], February 2 (ANI): Every day brings in new solutions and ways of treating deadly diseases. One of the deadliest diseases, undoubtedly is cancer. Now, scientists at UCL have developed a novel cancer therapy that uses an MRI scanner to guide a magnetic seed through the brain t
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When is chemotherapy most effective? Research suggests, it varies with tim
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Morgantown (West Virginia) [US], January 27 (ANI): Brain tumours are among the trickiest to treat as the blood-brain barrier keeps foreign substances like germs and toxins from entering the brain. By shielding the brain from things that would harm it, the blood-brain barrier also blocks the
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Researchers find HIV drugs may treat low-grade brain tumours
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Plymouth [UK], December 19 (ANI): A new research has found that the drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS patients could be used to treat patients diagnosed with the most common form of primary brain tumour.
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Study finds why asthma may reduce risk of brain tumours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): Asthma patients seem to be less likely to develop brain tumours than others. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe that they have discovered why.
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Nick Cannon's five-month-old son dies from brain tumour
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): Nick Cannon is mourning the loss of his baby boy Zen.
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MRI, AI may detect early signs of tumour cell death after novel therapy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 3 (ANI): According to new research led by Massachusetts General Hospital, it has been found that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect early signs of tumour cell death in response to novel virus-based cancer therapy.
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Research breakthrough could mean better treatment for patients with deadly
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], October 21 (ANI): Scientists studying the most common and aggressive type of brain tumour in adults have discovered a new way of analysing diseased and healthy cells from the same patient.
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Study finds treatment for a rare secondary cancer in children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Pediatric radiation-induced high-grade gliomas (RIGs) is a specific type of brain tumour caused by cranial radiation therapy for other cancers, most often brain cancers. Researchers are looking for ways to prevent RIGs from forming, as well as methods to
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Research shows different types of cancers likely to spread to specific bra
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], September 23 (ANI): New research has shown that brain metastasis occurs when cancer in one part of the body spreads to the brain. The lifetime incidence of such metastatic brain tumours in cancer patients is between 20-45 per cent.
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11-year-old becomes collector for a day in Ahmedabad
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 19 (ANI): An 11-year-old girl, Flora Asodia, suffering from a brain tumour, was made collector for a day on Saturday in Ahmedabad.
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