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Study shows how microdevices can be used to treat brain cancer
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The innovative device, which is the size and shape of a grain of rice, can perform hundreds of studies at the same time to examine the impact of novel treatments on some of the most difficult-to-treat brain tumours. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mas
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Study finds how microdevices offer new way to treat brain cancer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The new device, the size and shape of a grain of rice, can run dozens of trials at once to evaluate the impact of novel medicines on some of the most difficult-to-treat brain malignancies.
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Study finds how gene therapy shows promising early results for brain tumor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent study from the University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery and Rogel Cancer Centre demonstrates encouraging preliminary findings that a therapy combining cell-killing and immune-stimulating drugs is safe and effective in extending survival for patients with gliomas, a particu
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New drug delays progression of deadly brain cancer
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A new targeted therapy medicine can extend the amount of time people with a subtype of glioma are on treatment without their cancer worsening, according to an international trial co-led by UCLA. The discovery provides a potential new therapeutic option for those suffering from the slow-growi
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Research discovers treatment for rare secondary cancer in children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): Researchers are looking for ways to prevent Pediatric radiation-induced high-grade gliomas (RIGs) from forming, as well as methods to treat them once they arise.
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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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Therapeutic targets in canine brain tumours can be provided by varying imm
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): High-grade gliomas, or brain tumours, in dogs contain more immune cells associated with suppressing immune response than low-grade gliomas, as per the findings of a new study.
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Varying immune cell levels in canine brain tumours could provide therapeut
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): A new study reveals that high-grade gliomas, or brain tumours, in dogs contained more immune cells associated with suppressing immune response than low-grade gliomas.
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New study suggests promising strategy to treat brain cancer patients
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): In breakthrough discovery with respect to the most common brain tumours diagnosed in younger adults aged 18 to 45 years, a team of investigators have uncovered a potentially promising strategy to target brain tumours -- isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) gene
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Study finds a promising combination for common paediatric brain tumour
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 22 (ANI): A new study has found a new combination treatment for children suffering from brain tumour. The treatment aimed at resistant and recurrent low-grade gliomas slowed tumour growth and killed tumour cells in laboratory and mouse models.
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