Sentences with phrase «multiforme tumors»

«In principle, both these features make GA11 an attractive drug candidate to target glioma stem - like cells in glioblastoma multiforme tumors,» said Ichiro Nakano, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in the paper.

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Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and deadliest of the glial tumors because the cells reproduce so rapidly.

The tumor is called a Glioblastoma multiforme: also called The Terminator.

The investigators report that trapping virus - loaded stem cells in a gel and applying them to tumors significantly improved survival in mice with glioblastoma multiforme, the most common brain tumor in human adults and also the most difficult to treat.

In 2002 scientists showed that cytomegalovirus, or CMV, was active in the brain tumors but not the surrounding healthy tissue of all 27 patients they tested who had glioblastoma multiforme.

In a study published in the Journal of NeuroOncology, TGen researchers report that PPF works to limit the spread of glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM — the most common primary tumor of the brain and central nervous system — by targeting a protein called TROY.

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.

The loss of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN has been linked to tumor growth and chemotherapy resistance in the almost invariably lethal brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

The results suggest the simultaneous activation of certain molecular pathways — actions among molecules in a cell that can lead to change — in particular the MAPK and PI3K cellular pathways, triggered tumor initiation and produced increasingly dense low - grade gliomas that quickly progressed to glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

The tumors studied fell into the broad category of high - grade gliomas: diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, which strikes school - aged children; pediatric cortical glioblastoma, which affects primarily teens and young adults; anaplastic oligodendroglioma, which affects young adults; and glioblastoma multiforme, which affects older adults.

Patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treated with an experimental vaccine made from the patient's own resected tumor tissue showed an improved survival compared with historical patients who received the standard of care alone, according to an analysis of a phase 2 trial of this vaccine that was recently published in the journal Neuro - Oncology and accompanied by an editorial highlighting the importance of the trial.

In addition to developing the new genetically engineered mouse model for the form of cancer called glioblastoma multiforme, the researchers made a key discovery about brain tumor biology via the mice.

My laboratory studies the biology of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive subtype of brain tumors.

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive brain tumor affecting both adults and children, has dismal outcomes as well:

LA JOLLA, CA — Scientists have long believed that glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive type of primary brain tumor, begins in glial cells that make up supportive tissue in the brain...

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor and has one of the worst survival rates of all cancers.

He fought a very hard battle against his brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme) and finally succumbed to the effects of the treatment.

Glioma - These tumors arise from the supporting cells of the brain and include astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastoma multiforme and ependymomas.