The result of multi-disciplinary studies in NASA that has produced an electronic nose that is very reliable in monitoring air quality in the confined space of the space shuttle and the International Space Station where clean air is a must. The electronic nose has proven to be so successful that it is being studied for [...]
Cancer researchers in Canada have identified the gene that is responsible for medulloblastoma which is considered to be the most common form of childhood brain cancer. They have successfully identified eight genes that have the ability to mutate bringing about brain cancer in younger people which can give them new avenues to pursue in childhood [...]
Researchers are finding that there is a very likely link between cancer stem cells and their ability to incite other cells to grow malignant all over the body. Once hailed as the super-cell of the human body which got it into the spotlight for it’s rejuvenatory abilities, it has also been found that it can [...]
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Robert Muller is Germany’s premiere ice hockey goal tender in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Muller was recently diagnosed with an incurable, malignant type of brain cancer. Despite his dangerous condition, he continues to play his favorite sport. It is to note that Muller had [...]
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There are two main types of brain tumors: those that start in the brain (primary) and those that spread from cancer somewhere else in the body (metastasis). Primary brain tumors happen less often, and when they do, they are mostly malignant (cancerous). A malignant tumor is a mass or clump of cancer cells [...]
A clinical trial to evaluate a brain cancer vaccine in newly-diagnosed brain cancer patients has begun at NYU Medical Center. The study will assess the effect of giving the vaccine following standard therapy with surgery and chemotherapy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is a form of brain cancer which is highly life-threatening.
The vaccine, [...]
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