Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a potent immunotherapy approach for treating meningiomas, the most common type of primary brain tumor, according to a study published in Nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UVA researchers found a compound that blocks AVIL, slowing glioblastoma in mice and reaching brain tissue. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC ...

Meanwhile, an astrocyte cell line, a stand-in for healthy brain support cells, had an IC50 above 120 micromolar. In side-by-side tests, temozolomide performed far worse in the lab dishes, with IC50 ...

Surviving cancer at a young age may come with an unexpected cost: faster aging at both the cellular and brain levels. Researchers found that survivors often show signs of being biologically older than ...

Scientists at Rice University have produced the first full, dye-free molecular atlas of an Alzheimer’s brain. By combining ...

Scientists have identified a hidden barrier that prevents immunotherapy from working against a rare liver cancer. Immunotherapy, which activates the body’s own immune system to kill cancer cells, has ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are chasing a new way to slow glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer. Their work centers on a gene called AVIL and a new drug-like ...

Teens and young adults who survive cancer appear to age more quickly than people their same age who have never had the disease, according to new ...

Studies show aging men often lose the Y chromosome in some cells, a change now linked to heart disease, cancer, and shorter ...

A new light-based imaging approach has produced an unprecedented chemical map of the Alzheimer’s brain. Rice University researchers have produced what they describe as the first full, label-free ...

But UCLA Health nephrologist Dr. Niloofar Nobakht says it could be as easy as committing to seven steps she calls the “The Seven Ws of Wellness.” The Ws offer protection from heart and kidney disease, ...

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