Sentences with phrase «childhood brain tumor research»

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Research has uncovered evidence that suggests secondhand smoke may be related to childhood leukemia, lymphoma, and brain tumors.

Research teams from Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have jointly discovered that the usually protective enzyme FBW7 is commonly mutated and inactivated in childhood brain cancers causing tumors to spread and become more difficult to treat.

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).

Research led by a St. Jude scientist has pinpointed likely cells of origin for a common childhood brain tumor, Group 4 medulloblastoma.

Dr. Biegel's primary research interests are focused on the genetics of pediatric rhabdoid tumors and childhood brain tumors.

Older parents, birth defects, maternal nutrition and childhood exposure to CT scans and pesticides are increasingly being associated with brain tumors in children, according to new research led by Kimberly Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of social work at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.