Sentences with phrase «brain cancer on»

My youngest was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on memorial day of 2013, when he was 3.

It shares stories of people affected by brain cancer on its blog.

My youngest was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on memorial day of 2013, when he was 3.

It shares stories of people affected by brain cancer on its blog.

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It shares stories of people affected by brain cancer on its blog.

My youngest was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer on memorial day of 2013, when he was 3.

Joe Voci, former TV executive who helped launch «Murphy Brown» died from brain cancer on Feb. 7.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, McCain returned to Washington shortly after doctors diagnosed him with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Other studies, meanwhile, are examining tryp's potential efficacy as an antifungal agent; and as a prognostic indicator in patients with brain cancer (as seen by increased uptake of the amino acid on a PET scan).

One study that looked at more than 5,000 brain cancer cases in 13 countries found no increase in risk related to phone use, though it called for more research on the topic.

In fact, Arizona Sen. John McCain himself — who made a dramatic return to the Senate on Tuesday following a recent brain cancer diagnosis — slammed the «shell» health care bill (it's unclear exactly which possible version he was referring to), in a speech to the Senate just minutes after he voted «aye» on the motion to proceed.

Michael Leip founded the Panda Planner system to try to get his life back on track when he found himself mired in anxiety and depression after suffering from Lyme Disease, cancer, and traumatic brain injury.

The Kamens claim the main thing that distinguishes their foundation from other brain tumor foundations is their focus on pediatric brain cancer specifically, as well as their close ties with pharmaceutical and biotech companies working in the fields of immunotherapy and target gene therapy.

I've owned it for the past three years with a cost average of $ 4.64 - it's the future of cancer treatment in my opinion, with brain cancer patients living 7 plus years on its lead drug and impressive results in its second drug candidate for triple negative breast cancer.

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America's 39th president, Jimmy Carter, has «four small spots» of cancer on his brain.

Please do not inhale too deeply when near me, my putrid stench of dried feces and semen that lingers in the air around me might just make you pass out before you can gaze into the rotted hole that's where my face should be as I am a brutal depository of all that is foul and decayed, putrid and filthy attempting to spew out my brain eating cancer that is religion on any unsuspecting dupe that crosses my slimy viscous path...

On November 1, after posting a Facebook message stating, «Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer,» twenty - nine - year - old Brittany Maynard took a lethal dose of barbiturates, prescribed by an Oregon physician, and....

Those edibles are some of the most powerful supplements on the planet: Lion's mane supports brain function; maitake and shiitake benefit the cardiovascular system and may help prevent cancer.

You have probably heard a number of rumors about the effects of technology on your health; that having a cell phone next to your head can cause brain cancer, for example, or that pregnant women shouldn't stand near a microwave that is running because it may harm the fetus.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, noon to 6 p.m., Kamado Grille in Raleigh will host Sawyerfest, a fundraiser for Sawyer Powell, a local first grader diagnosed with brain cancer.

Still, Menounos decided to resign from her job at E! News, partly to focus on herself but also to help care for her mother, who has stage 4 brain cancer.

Best to avoid the anti-fertility chemicals in the bug sprays on our fruits and veggies... my advice is to buy non-GMO and Organic — real fruit and veggies; not laboratory - made, and void of brain - damaging, cancer - causing, and fertility - damaging pesticides.

Chris, the son of Tom and Ellen Steele, was born on May 15, 1982, and passed away on Friday, April 7, 2006, after a valiant two - year battle with brain cancer.

A White House official made light of Arizona Sen. John McCain's battle with brain cancer during an internal meeting, saying his opinion on the president's pick tp lead the CIA «doesn't matter (because) he's dying anyway.»

U.S. Sen. John McCain returned to the Capitol to deliver a fiery speech on the health care debate days after it was revealed he has brain cancer — bailing out a president who derided him in the process.

Ministers have pledged to double spending on brain cancer to # 40 million following the death of Dame Tessa Jowell.

The scientists also tested the therapy on tumors taken from two patients who had not responded to conventional therapy for their glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer.

Dr Harry Bulstrode at the University of Cambridge has received a Cancer Research UK Pioneer Award * to test the effect of the Zika virus on glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumour.

Jeremy Rich at the University of California, San Diego, and his team have tested the Zika virus on glioblastoma, the most common kind of brain cancer.

A study analyzing brain tumor genomics on a single - cell level has found evidence that cancer stem cells fuel the growth of oligodendrogliomas, a slow - growing but incurable form of brain cancer.

Glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, has no effective long - term treatment and on average, patients live for 12 to 15 months after diagnosis, according to the National Cancer Institute.

[For more on this research, see «New Hope for Battling Brain Cancer,» by Gregory Foltz; Scientific American Mind, March / April 2010.]

While the Johns Hopkins team studies the likely effects of radiation on the brain during a deep space mission, other NASA - funded research groups are looking at the potential effects of radiation on other parts of the body and on whether it increases cancer risks.

The latest findings build on previous work by Dr. Habib's lab showing that the same combination of drugs was successful in a mouse model of glioblastoma, a deadly type of brain cancer.

In response to a question about the White House budget proposal's potential impact on NIH's ambitions, Collins pointed to passage late last year of the 21st Century Cures Act, a $ 6.3 billion measure that authorizes a decade of funding for the «moonshot» program to cure cancer, the Precision Medicine Initiative, the BRAIN initiative and efforts to combat opioid addiction.

In collaboration with the Vall Hebrón Oncology Institute (VHIO), they are now focusing on binding a peptide to a therapeutic antibody to treat glioblastoma — the most aggressive brain cancer in adults.

In a related study, published online on March 27 in the same journal, Green's group also showed that a different particle formulation could effectively carry and deliver so - called siRNAs to brain cancer cells.

Green and his colleagues focused on glioblastomas, the most lethal and aggressive form of brain cancer.

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence out there claiming a link between cell phone use and cancer: Keith Black, chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, says that the brain cancer (malignant glioma) that killed O. J. Simpson's attorney, Johnnie Cochran, was the result of frequent cell phone use, based on the fact that the tumor developed on the side of the head against which he held his phone.

As cell phones and smart phones take over more communication, information and entertainment functions, concerns about their possible role in causing brain cancer are buzzing on the airwaves.

The team tested its technique on three mice whose abdomens had been grafted with cells from human brain cancer.

«In our experiments, our nanoparticles successfully delivered a test gene to brain cancer cells in mice, where it was then turned on,» says Jordan Green, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

In 1996, when RMP - 7 was first used on brain cancer patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial at UCLA, it was found to be safe, with virtually no side effects.

A man who thrives on challenge, Black once climbed the actual Kilimanjaro, but the struggle that consumes him is his daily search for a cure for the deadliest form of brain cancer.

To overcome these problems, Min and his team developed a new modality to visualize glucose uptake activity inside single cells based on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) imaging, and demonstrated its use in live cancer cells, tumor xenograft tissues, primary neurons and mouse brain tissues.

Would all this carefully targeted weaponry that destroys cancer cells without inflicting collateral damage on normal tissue work on cancers outside the brain?

Cancers that can have a high risk of infertility, depending on the treatment, are certain leukemias, Hodgkin's disease, brain tumors and bone cancer.