Right on Target
Continuous research on brain tumor led to a discovery that cancer stem cells that cause the tumor to develop are living within blood vessels in the brain. Stem cells have the ability to reproduce. The aim is to destroy the cancer stem cells to prevent further production of the damaging cells. The blood vessels where the cancer stem cells reside will be targeted. A new drug developed for this purpose is being tested on a brain cancer patient. If the treatment becomes a success, other forms of cancer that are caused by cancer stem cells may also be treated using the same principles.