Killer compound pinpoints brain cancer but avoids normal cells

A drug-like compound could be a game-changer in the fight against glioblastoma. "We haven't found a single brain cancer cell line that it can't kill."

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
Feb. 2, 2024 ~4 min

‘Reprogrammed’ cells may help glioblastoma resist treatment

Glioblastoma is one of the most treatment-resistant cancers. A new study offers clues as to how it can aggressively resist immunotherapy.

Brandi Wampler-Notre Dame • futurity
Dec. 13, 2023 ~5 min


Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of brain cancer, causing significant decline in cognitive function. New research suggests a common anti-seizure drug could help control tumor growth.

Shawn Hervey-Jumper, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
June 7, 2023 ~7 min

Nanoparticle delivers chemo to deadly brain tumors

A newly-developed nanoparticle offers a more effective way to deliver a chemotherapy drug to fast growing, aggressive brain tumors.

Bridget Druery-U. Queensland • futurity
June 2, 2023 ~4 min

Glowing dye lights up hard-to-reach parts of the brain

A new fluorescent dye that lights up the brain holds promise for cancer treatment, according to new research.

Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice • futurity
Feb. 1, 2023 ~6 min

In mouse model, scientists develop cancer vaccine that kills brain tumors

Scientists at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a cancer vaccine to simultaneously kill and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse models.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Jan. 4, 2023 ~4 min

Vaccine extends life for patients with brain cancer

"This personalized immune therapy could be a game-changer for a disease this is so deadly and difficult to treat."

Susanne Pallo-Rochester • futurity
Dec. 8, 2022 ~5 min

Drug crosses blood-brain barrier to fight glioblastoma in mice

A new way to get drugs across the blood-brain barrier in mice could one day lead to a way to treat humans with brain cancer.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~7 min


Team finds driver of brain tumor drug resistance

Researchers have found a process in glioblastoma brain tumors that drives resistance to immune-boosting therapies.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Nov. 4, 2022 ~4 min

Can Prozac fight deadly brain cancer?

Prozac, a common antidepressant, appears to target glioblastoma, a difficult to treat, often deadly brain cancer, a new study with mice shows.

Krista Conger-Stanford • futurity
Jan. 10, 2022 ~6 min

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