News tagged with brain tumours
Brain research shows past experience is invaluable for complex decision making
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have shown that past experience really does help when we have to make complex decisions based on uncertain or confusing information. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 13, 2009 |
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Study sheds light on role of stem cells in children's brain tumor
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London shows how the most common type of children's brain cancer can arise from stem cells.
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Discovery opens door to new treatments for prostate, brain and skin cancers
Researchers at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University in Montreal have discovered a previously unsuspected link between two different genetic pathways which suppress ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Researchers discover gene mutations that cause childhood brain cancer
Researchers funded by the Canadian Cancer Society have discovered eight similar genes that, when mutated, appear to be responsible for medulloblastoma - the most common of childhood brain cancers. The findings are published ...
Mar 08, 2009 |
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Mobile phones 'don't cause cancer': yet another study
Scientific evidence goes increasingly against the theory that mobile phones cause cancer, a new study has concluded.
Jul 02, 2011 |
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Epileptic seizures linked to significant risk of subsequent brain tumor
Epileptic seizures can precede the development of a subsequent brain tumour by many years, suggests research published online in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Which side of the brain rotates a mental picture?
Consider the simple situation in which you are walking around the kitchen and decide to pick up your own cup of tea, which is identical to others lying on the table. Your brain chooses the correct cup of tea by using different ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Shining Light on Brain Tumours
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that 2600 new cases of brain cancer will be diagnosed in 2010. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and malignant form of brain cancer, ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Tiny Trojan horses attack brain cancer cells
Scientists in Germany have developed a way of smuggling an anti-cancer drug past the protective blood-brain barrier and into brain tumours and metastases using a nanocarrier – a tiny capsule specially designed to pass ...
Nov 18, 2010 |
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New test will revolutionise the treatment of childhood cancer
A test which will revolutionise the approach to tackling childhood cancer and improve the quality of life for hundreds of sufferers, has been given approval to be introduced across Europe.
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Defective cell surface 'glue' is key to tumor invasion
A remarkable discovery into how tumour cells invade normal tissue should lead to vital diagnostic tools and help develop strategies to stop the spread of cancer cells. A new study by scientists at the Montreal Neurological ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Brain tumors: New therapy surprisingly successful
The combination of two drugs produces a critical improvement in the treatment of certain brain tumours. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Bonn University working in co-operation with German and Swiss colleagues ...
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Life work culminates in testing of cancer therapy in humans
A cancer-fighting antibody identified by a researcher working at The University of Queensland and Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) will today be used to treat the first patient, in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Study finds biological clue in brain tumour development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Nottingham have uncovered a vital new biological clue that could lead to more effective treatments for a children's brain tumour that currently kills more than 60 per cent ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Malignant brain tumors: Benefit of PET and PET/CT in the detection of recurrences is not assessable
Malignant gliomas are fast-growing brain tumours with poor prospects of recovery depending on disease stage. Experts hope that the examination of patients by means of positron emission tomography (PET) is more helpful in ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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