Heidelberg, Germany – Glioblastomas are highly aggressive, usually incurable brain tumors. If all therapeutic options are exhausted, patients have an average life expectancy of less than two years. Now researchers from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) at the West German Tumor Center Essen have made a surprising discovery: in the...
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Turku, Finland – Researchers have discovered a crucial protein, TLNRD1, that could help us better understand and treat Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM) disease. This condition causes blood-filled lesions in the brain, leading to seizures, neurological problems, and, in severe cases, strokes. A team of scientists from Åbo Akademi University and...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The evolution of retinoblastoma treatment over the past 15 years has resulted in a higher likelihood of vision preservation without compromising survival, according to research released today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 21st Annual Meeting. Retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that affects young children,...
Peer-reviewed publication examines the benefits of proactive exome reanalysis on diagnostic outcomes ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — Ambry Genetics, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM), and a leader in clinical genomic testing, today announced the publication of a study in Genetics in Medicine, the official journal of the American...
San Diego, Calif. – Patients with pre-diabetes and severe obesity who had metabolic and bariatric surgery were 20-times less likely to develop full-blown type 2 diabetes over the course of 15 years than patients with the condition who did not have surgery, according to a new study* presented today at...
Pittsburgh, PA – As part of a breast cancer diagnosis, pathologists take cells from a biopsy and check them under a microscope. Most cancerous cells form roundish clumps, known as no special type, or invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). In fewer patients, the abnormal cells are more dispersed, growing as spider...
Miami, Florida – A new study from researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and collaborating organizations provides insight into the underlying mechanisms of gene mutations commonly seen in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and other myeloid neoplasms. Their findings, to be...
HEIDELBERG, Germany – BioMed X and the Universitätsmedizin Mannheim announced today the publication of two manuscripts in the field of cancer immunology in the journal Science Advances. The work is based on a collaboration between both institutions and researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the University of Heidelberg,...
Tampere, Finland – A new study conducted by researchers at Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital revealed how aberrant epigenetic regulation contributes to the development of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid (AT/RT) tumours, which are aggressive brain tumours that mainly affect young children. There is an urgent need for more research in this...
Chicago, Ill. – The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, PhD, at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago uncovered a novel mechanism that leads to motor neuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This discovery offers a new target for treatment that...