brain tumours
December 4th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): In a new study, scientists at Mayo Clinic have cited that people with low-grade gliomas (brain tumour) were found to have longer survival rate after undergoing aggressive ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 16 (ANI): Doctors in the UK are being forced to use lungs, kidneys and livers of cancer victims because of the acute shortage of organ donors.
According to official guidelines, ...
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November 2nd, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 2 (ANI): A significant discovery by researchers at Cambridge University could help cure deadly brain tumours in kids, according to a new study.
The researchers have pinpointed a rearrangement of ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 26 (ANI): They say eyes are windows of ones heart. Well, it may be true with the new range of high-tech eye scans that can help detect brain tumours ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Oct 23 (IANS) Scientists have developed a new drug delivery system that breaches the blood-brain barrier to reach and kill cancer cells in the brain, according to the latest research. Following ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): An editorial by a neurosurgeon at Lake Forest Hospital has delved into the biggest scientific concerns of recent times- Do cell phones increase brain cancer risk?
Pawl has ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) Long-term exposure to cellphone may heighten risk of brain tumours, warned a neurosurgeon.Ron Pawl, a neurosurgeon at Lake Forest Hospital, Illinois has called for collaborative research initiatives to ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): A new research has found that cancer patients who receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) for the treatment of metastatic brain tumours have ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, Sep 12 (IANS) Exercise helps repair brain cells after radiation, particularly in children being treated for brain tumours, researchers say after clinical trials on mice. Exercise helped restore stem cell ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 8 (ANI): Mothers who use mobiles during pregnancy are more likely to have kids with behavioural problems, according to a new study.
The findings are based on a review ...
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August 22nd, 2008 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) New drugs targeting a specific acid can reduce the size of a brain tumour and prolong survival, scientists have found in animal trials.The drugs inhibited a specific fatty ...
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August 22nd, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) Drugs inhibiting a specific fatty acid in rat brains with gliobastoma, one of the most aggressive brain tumours, not only reduce new blood vessel growth and tumour size ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 19 (ANI): American scientists have found that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) uses a cloaking device, partly made of stolen goods from healthy cells, to avoid being detected and killed by ...
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July 15th, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 15 (ANI): Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis say that they have moved a step closer to delivering cancer-killing medicines to paediatric brain tumours.
Lead researcher on the ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Agartala, July 8 (IANS) Fearing radiation harmful to human health, the Tripura government has imposed restrictions against setting up Base Tower Stations (BTS) for mobile phones. The Tripura State Pollution Control Board ...
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June 11th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 11 (IANS) Viruses designed to treat incurable brain tumours like glioblastoma were stumped by how the immune system eliminated them at the outset. Now an animal study conducted by Ohio ...
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June 3rd, 2008 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 3 (IANS) A promising new vaccine boosts immunity in a common and deadly brain tumour and may fend off its recurrence while doubling the survival rate, a new study has ...
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April 22nd, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by admin
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London , Apr 22 (ANI): Doctors will now be able to screen for a brain tumours molecular characteristics without having to perform invasive surgery or biopsy that requires opening the patients ...
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March 25th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by admin
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London, March 25 (IANS) A special kind of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can register changes in the brain's blood volume that often precede tumours, according to a new study. "Patients with low-grade ...
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March 11th, 2008 - 11:18 am ICT by admin
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New York, March 11 (IANS) A promising anti-cancer drug that eliminated brain tumours in mice in a 2004 study is now suspected to cause permanent bone damage. The researcher who conducted both ...
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January 28th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by admin
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Sydney, January 28 (ANI): Australian scientists are carrying out a study to determine whether children are more susceptible than adults to the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiations that emanate from mobile phones. ...
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January 20th, 2008 - 11:22 am ICT by admin
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Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): Dual implantation of radiation seeds and chemotherapy wafers following surgery may help treat cancerous brain tumours, according to a new study.
The finding, based on a study, led by ...
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December 22nd, 2007 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Dec 22 (ANI): Stem cells - commonly known as a source of biological rejuvenation might be responsible for the growth and spread of cancer, for scientists have located cancer stem cells ...
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December 17th, 2007 - 1:13 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): According to a report, a combination of a targeted therapy and chemotherapy reduces metastatic brain tumours by at least 50 percent in patients with aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer.
The ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 10:30 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): A study has found that a gene linked to paediatric brain tumours is an essential driver of early brain development.
The study, led by Balazs Hegedus, Ph.D., a postdoctoral ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 10:20 am ICT by admin
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November 14th, 2007 - 2:42 am ICT by admin
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November 14th, 2007 - 2:41 am ICT by admin
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