Sentences with phrase «brain tumor mutation»

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A study published in Molecular Cancer Research reveals that a tumor suppressor gene p16 is turned off by a histone mutation (H3.3 K27M), which is found in up to 70 percent of childhood brain tumors called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG).

Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is a primarily pediatric brain tumor caused mainly by mutations in the BRAF gene.

Study author, Dr Timothy Humphrey said «Mutations in SETD2 are frequently found in kidney cancer and some childhood brain tumors, so we were excited when we discovered that a new drug we were studying specifically killed cancer cells with this mutation.»

Certain malignant brain tumors and leukemias have mutations in genes known as IDH1 and IDH2.

Radiation oncologist Anna Saran at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment in Rome and colleagues studied mice with a mutation in a gene called Patched that makes them susceptible to brain tumors early in life.

Personalizing treatment for brain tumors based on an individual's ATRX mutation status is still a concept, not a reality.

Molecular testing: Some primary brain tumors, including some of the most common types of gliomas, are defined by their key molecular features resulting from tumor cell mutations.

Modulating ECM assembly to alter tumor vascular barrier function Weilan Ye, Genentech Lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic endothelial barrier as targets in regenerative medicine Giorgia Jurisic, Novartis Wnt / beta - catenin signaling as a therapeutic target for blood - brain barrier repair in neurological disorders Dritan Agalliu, Columbia University Somatic mutations in hematopoietic cells contribute to cardiovascular disease: New mechanisms, new targets Kenneth Walsh, Boston University

The six tumors with matched normal DNA harbored 15 somatic mutations on average (range 3 - 31), a mutation rate lower than adult GBM but higher than another pediatric brain tumor, medulloblastoma.

Screening of several other pediatric brain tumors revealed that the histone H3 mutations seem exclusive to pediatric high - grade gliomas.

Semenza's team uncovered the mitochondrial mechanism in a study of Von Hippel - Lindau (VHL) syndrome, caused by a single gene mutation and characterized by the tendency to develop tumors in many parts of the body, including the kidney, brain and adrenal glands.

Research from the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified new mutations in pediatric brain tumors known as high - grade gliomas, including tumors like diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma pictured in this MRI.

The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified new mutations in pediatric brain tumors known as high - grade gliomas (HGGs), which most often occur in the youngest patients.

364/11: 45 Recurrent somatic mutation in the MYC associated factor X in brain tumors.

In cases where a brain tumor begins growing autonomously in the brain, mutations, in the DNA of brain cells cause the cells to grow and divide, forming a mass that is made up of abnormal cells.