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NeoImmuneTech obtains approval for phase 2 trial of brain tumor treatment
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 12 (ANI/Global Economic): NeoImmuneTech said on the 11th that it has obtained the approval for a phase 2 clinical trial plan that concomitant administration of US Merck's immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda and its T-cell amplifier NT-I7 to patients with glioblastom
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Researchers find new approach for treatment of devastating brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): The findings from a seven-year research project suggests that there could be a new approach to treating one of the most common and devastating forms of brain cancer in adults, Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant gliobl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the
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Study: Cancer cells thrive due to Novel RNA factors
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): During recent research it was found that Nucleic circ2082 disrupts the microRNA assembly line in glioblastoma cancer cells, making it a potential upstream target for cancer treatment.
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Scientists find that brain cancer is linked to tissue healing
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): The healing process that follows a brain injury could spur tumour growth when new cells generated to replace those lost to the injury are derailed by mutations, Toronto scientists have found.
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Researchers discover new drug targets for lethal brain cancer
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 2 (ANI): With the help of a mouse model, a team of researchers has now discovered more than 200 genes with novel and known roles in glioblastoma - the most aggressive type of brain cancer that offer promising new drug targets.
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New drug targets for lethal brain cancer discovered
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 30 (ANI): Researchers have discovered more than 200 genes with novel and known roles in glioblastoma - the most aggressive type of brain cancer that offer promising new drug targets.
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Recalcitrant cancer originates from cells that can be 'significant distanc
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): A mouse model of glioblastoma, an aggressive type of cancer that can occur in the brain, suggests that this recalcitrant cancer originates from a pool of stem cells that can be a significant distance away from the resulting tumours.
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Blocking fat storage might offer new way to treat most lethal form of brai
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 20 (ANI): Glioblastoma is a lethal form of brain cancer that accumulates fats in lipid droplets and uses them as energy for rapid cell division. Blocking an enzyme that GBM cells use to form the lipid droplets might offer a new way to treat this deadly disease, according to
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Researchers find schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumours.
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Ebola virus a new ally in fight against deadly brain tumors, say Scientist
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 18 (ANI): In a breakthrough, scientists have analysed that certain elements of one of the world's deadliest viruses-Ebola, can be used in combating Glioblastomas, which are relentless, hard-to-treat, and often lethal brain tumors.
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Scientists breach the brain fortress to cure tumors
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Researchers have figured out a new method to bypass the blood-brain barrier in situations where it begins to play a counterproductive role by expelling the immune system cell through its drainage system.
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