Brain cancer, notorious for its aggressiveness and limited treatment options, may finally have a powerful ally.A patient at Biotherapy International, whose tumor returned after surgery, chemotherapy, ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — Scientists have identified a potential new strategy for treating glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer, by reprogramming aggressive cancer cells into harmless ...

The research team hopes to prevent any remaining cancer cells from migrating to other parts of the brain and regrowing, thereby improving the survival chances of patients. By following this ...

A Phase I clinical trial demonstrated that a targeted approach to treating a deadly brain tumor in children called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is safe, reported Weill Cornell Medicine and ...

UMass Chan Medical School biomedical engineer and professor Rachael Sirianni leads a lab that researches new technologies to ...

The proteins found in abundance on solid-tumor cells also usually aren ... in part to bypass the blood-brain barrier. This also ensured a high concentration of the modified T cells ended up ...

The lab of Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., at The Wistar Institute has discovered a previously unknown mechanism for how aggressive brain cancers reprogram immune system cells from fighting cancer to enabling ...

She has previously written for Live Science, Massive Science, and eLife. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “It's not that easy for cells to grow in the brain,” said Marsha Rosner, ...