Targeting HO - 1 is therefore another potential approach to improving photodynamic detection in human
glial cell cancers.
Not exact matches
Researchers have identified a group of immune system genes that may play a role in how long people can live after developing a common type of brain
cancer called glioblastoma multiforme, a tumor of the
glial cells in the brain.
Monje first became interested in neurons» role supporting tumors while working on childhood glioma, a
cancer that strikes in the precursors to
glial cells in the developing brain.
This brings up the possibility that brain
cancer cells that originate from
glial cells can be forced into a mature state and thus unable to divide.
Gliomas, which originate in
glial cells that support and protect neurons, account for about 70 % of brain
cancers.
They found that the exposed rats were more likely to develop
cancers, specifically malignant gliomas — a tumor of
glial cells in the brain — and tumors in the heart.