Posts Tagged ‘gliomas’
First living model of brain tumor in 3-D
BROWN (US) — Scientists have created the first 3-D living tissue model of a brain tumor to analyze the effectiveness of treatments. Continue…
Friday, February 17, 2012 11:41 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2011 10:57 - 0 Comments
Early cells in deadly brain cancer found
U. OREGON (US) — Biologists have isolated the earliest cells to show abnormal growth in the fatal brain cancer glioma—the same cancer that killed U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2009. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2011 15:04 - 0 Comments
Tumor gets start in stem cell’s daughter
U. ROCHESTER (US) — The most common type of malignant brain tumor gets its start in cells known as glial progenitor cells—often referred to as “daughter” cells of stem cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 20, 2010 16:11 - 3 Comments
‘Whole new way in’ to brain tumors
BROWN U. (US) — A specific genetic mutation appears to be at the center of a metabolic meltdown associated with lethal brain tumors known as gliomas. (more…)
