Sentences with phrase «brain tumour which»

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Brain tumour research funding - petition prompted an enquiry, after which the government conceded the need for increased funding.

The ground - breaking technique could eventually be used to treat glioblastoma multiforme, which is the most common and aggressive brain tumour in adults, and notoriously difficult to treat.

A «Trojan horse» treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, which involves using tiny nanoparticles of gold to kill tumour cells, has been successfully tested by scientists.

One reason for this is that the tumour cells invade surrounding, healthy brain tissue, which makes the surgical removal of the tumour virtually impossible.

«Brain metastases are a secondary brain tumour, which means they are caused by cancer cells that escape from primary tumours like lung, breast or melanoma, and travel to the brain,» said Mohini Singh, the study's primary author and a PhD candidate in biochemistry at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaBrain metastases are a secondary brain tumour, which means they are caused by cancer cells that escape from primary tumours like lung, breast or melanoma, and travel to the brain,» said Mohini Singh, the study's primary author and a PhD candidate in biochemistry at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMabrain tumour, which means they are caused by cancer cells that escape from primary tumours like lung, breast or melanoma, and travel to the brain,» said Mohini Singh, the study's primary author and a PhD candidate in biochemistry at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMabrain,» said Mohini Singh, the study's primary author and a PhD candidate in biochemistry at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster.

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth's Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence have identified molecules which are responsible for metastatic lung cancer cells binding to blood vessels in the bBrain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence have identified molecules which are responsible for metastatic lung cancer cells binding to blood vessels in the brainbrain.

In addition to primary tumours which start in the brain, the secondary or «metastatic» tumours which originate elsewhere and which migrate to the brain have been the focus of this new study.

iTeos is now developing EOS200271 which is a synthetic, small molecule inhibitor of indoleamine 2,3 - dioxygenase (IDO1), which has demonstrated the same anti-tumour activity in multiple preclinical tumour models in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors as competitors, but also has demonstrated superior brain penetration.

We urgently need to transform the outlook for patients with tumours in this category, which includes lung, pancreatic, oesophageal cancers and brain tumours.

Ann Arbor, MI (OBBeC)- As early as one week after beginning treatment for brain tumours, a new imaging analysis method was able to predict which patients would live longer, researchers from the University of Michigan...

The enzyme that degrades these chains is called heparanase, and the researchers found that medulloblastoma cells, as well as cells from other childhood brain tumours, need this enzyme, which may suggest new ways to treat the tumor.

Here Steve tells us how his interest in stem cells led him into cancer research and how he believes this angle of brain tumour research has unique potential for tackling cancers which are currently difficult to treat.

«These results are a huge step forwards in developing better treatments for patients with brain tumours, which claim too many lives every year.»

Finally, we hope that the principles presented in this study will also be applicable to other types of tumours in which we suspect GFI1 to be involved, including brain tumours such as medulloblastomas, the most common and most dangerous type of brain tumour in children.

1987 — We discover a molecule that would later become the important drug temozolomide (Temodal), which is used worldwide today to treat people with the most common type of brain tumour, glioblastoma.

There is also a possible association with the Li - Fraumeni syndrome [6] in which the predisposition is predominantly to brain tumours, sarcomas and breast cancer and in which inherited mutations in the p53 gene occur [7], [8].

Professor Murray's research has been in a wide spectrum of areas, just a few of which are animal coat pattern formation, the spread and control of rabies, the mechanical theory of morphogenesis, brain tumour growth and control, marital interaction and divorce prediction, the benefits of cannibalism, bovine tuberculosis, wound healing and justifying tribal warfare.

Stephanie educated herself about the ketogenic diet after her Mother was diagnosed with a terminal glioblastoma brain tumour, which gave her 6 months to live prompting Stephanie to take an aggressive approach to slow cancer growth.

Because the tumour is located in an area of the brain which makes surgery risky, Alix is on a watchful waiting program, with brain scans every six months to monitor for progression.

I have detailed my approach to managing my grade two brain tumour using the keto diet on my own blog, which had garnered some attention.

After successfully removing a tumour from a patient's brain, Banzai heads to the salt flats to test a jet powered car which houses an Oscillation Overthruster.

But I like the first cool version AB told, which was that he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and given a year to live.

A dog may have rising corticoid levels because it has tumours n the brain which secretes hormones.

They include diseases of the cornea (keratitis), the lens (cataract), increased pressure within the eye (glaucoma), any disease which reduces retinal sensitivity to light impulses (retinal atrophy), or any disease which affects the optic nerves or the sight - center of the brain (tumours, trauma).

There are various causes for unequal pupil size in dogs which may include head trauma, eye injuries, poisoning, brain tumours (too young) among other causes; I can not think of a specific reason why Miya had this episode, but if her eye is back to normal you should keep a close eye to see if it happens again.

A charity fund - raising ski expedition in Switzerland which took place over four days at the end of February to raise funds for research into paediatric brain tumours looks set to raise over # 1 million.