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Best in Biotech 16 May 2023

Five advancements in brain tumor research over the past year

In 2023, it is estimated that 24,810 adults in the U.S. will be diagnosed with a primary malignant tumor of the brain and spinal cord. There is currently no cure…

May 16, 2023 - 9 minutesmins - By Willow Shah-Neville

News and Trends 24 May 2023

Major progress as Swedish scientists get brain tumors to self destruct

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, working with French colleagues, have successfully developed a method able to kill the aggressive brain tumor glioblastoma. By blocking certain functions in…

May 24, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 8 Mar 2023

Research looks to make drug appear like brain tumor ‘food’

New research has shown that the blood vessels that feed aggressive brain tumors have receptors that could allow a new type of drug-containing nanoparticle to be used to starve the…

March 8, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 20 Jan 2023

New drug could replace current standard for treating brain cancer

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a WHO grade IV brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Although post-surgical radiation chemotherapy combined with temozolomide is the standard line of treatment, GBM cells surviving radiotherapy contribute…

January 20, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Oct 2022

Researchers identify gene alterations that may affect response to brain cancer treatment

Spanish researchers have identified a range of genetic alterations in glioma brain cancers that will help them to understand how different mutations in one particular gene interact with other gene…

October 28, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 22 Sep 2022

Study data for glioblastoma treatment confirms safety and tolerability profile

The final results of a phase 1/2 study of a therapy in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have been reported by Australian-based Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The therapy, TLX101 (4-L-[ 131I] iodo-phenylalanine, or 131I-IPA)…

September 22, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 2 Sep 2022

Cancer drug for children and young people with glioblastoma given to patients in study

Clinical-stage bio company, Onxeo, has announced that the first patients have been enrolled and treated in a phase 1b/2 clinical study. The study is to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability…

September 2, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 5 Nov 2019

UK Scientists Speed up Brain Cancer Diagnosis with AI

A technique combining a blood test with artificial intelligence (AI), developed by the UK company ClinSpec Diagnostics, could help to prioritize which patients need to be scanned for brain cancer.…

November 5, 2019 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 19 Nov 2019

US-French Deal to Tailor Ultrasound Therapy to Brain Cancer Patients

The French company CarThera has teamed up with the US firm Kiyatec to study the effects on individual patients of an ultrasound therapy to deliver brain cancer drugs to the…

November 19, 2019 - 2 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 1 Sep 2022

New discovery could lead to drug development for brain cancer

According to researchers, a study at Tel Aviv University in Israel effectively eradicated glioblastoma, a highly lethal type of brain cancer. The researchers achieved the outcome using a method they…

September 1, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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