May 29, 2015 | animals helping humans, Conditions
Taking advantage of state of the art technology could enhance medical therapies for brain tumors. Such is the case with the latest called nanodrugs. Nanodrugs have been designed at a microscopic level to attack brain cancer cells. So far, researchers at Cedars-Sinai think this option could help to make brain surgery unnecessary in many cases. […]
May 5, 2015 | animal research, animals helping humans, Conditions, treatment
Right now, DPIG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma) can end the life of a child in as little as 9 months. It grows in the spinal column sending its tendrils to areas that control breathing and heartbeat. Radiation has little effect and effective chemotherapy has not been invented ….yet. An international team of researchers from Stanford, […]
Mar 16, 2015 | animals helping humans, Conditions
We have seen many stories on the restoration ability of stem cells. However, that story is a little different when it comes to the latest research on Brain Tumors. Researchers now say that stem cells could be responsible for the tumors ability to evade chemotherapy. BTSC or brain tumor stem cells act a bit differently […]