In a new study, Yale Cancer Center researchers identified a novel genetic defect that
prevents brain tumor cells from repairing damaged DNA.
Not exact matches
However, the proclivity of glioblastoma to invade adjacent
brain tissue
prevents the surgical removal of all
tumor cells.
Because the stem
cells generate the
brain cancer
cells, killing off the stem
cells might
prevent tumors from recurring.
The safe use of a stem -
cell - based therapy against
brain metastasis would require
preventing the engineered
cells from persisting within the
brain, where they could affect normal tissue and possibly give rise to new
tumors.
They also found that drugs that target this newly identified cancer pathway can
prevent tumor growth, both in human cancer
cells and mice with a form of
brain cancer.
In Canada and Europe THC has been proven to destroy
tumors,
prevent Alzheimers, and promote the growth of
brain cells.