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#Cell phones and risk of brain tumor The ordinance, called the Right to Know law, will start to require retailers to give customers a handout,

Although Moskowitz said that it is"highly probable"that long-term cell phone use causes brain tumors,

In 2011, the World health organization classified the kind of low energy radiation that cell phones emit as"possibly carcinogenic"because of a link between cell phone use and a type of malignant brain tumor called glioma and a benign brain tumor called acoustic neuroma.

Both types of brain tumors are rare. About 5 in 10,000 adults are diagnosed with glioma in the United states every year,

Many large studies have failed to detect an association between cell phone use and brain tumors. One study of nearly 360,000 adults in Denmark did not find an increase in the number of brain tumors even among those who had been using a cell phone for at least 13 years.

However, as Samet said, THE WHO panel took into account studies that suggested that those who used cell phones did have higher rates of certain brain tumors.

The Interphone study is the largest study to date looking at cell phones and brain tumors. It involves 13 countries,

including Canada, the United kingdom, Denmark and Japan. Researchers asked more than 7, 000 people who had been diagnosed with a brain tumor

and 14,000 healthy people about their previous cell phone use. The study found no association between cell phone use

However authors of the Interphone study stated that people with brain tumors might be more likely than healthy people to exaggerate their cell phone use

and brain tumor risk in the study might not be real.""It's quite plausible that there would be excess reporting in people who suffered a life-threatening disease.

Another argument against the possibility that cell phones cause cancer is that there has not been an increase in the incidence of brain tumors in the United states,

Although there has been an increase in brain tumors among 20 to 29-year-old females in the United states,

In addition to the lack of strong evidence showing a link between cell phone use and brain tumors,

000 people who were diagnosed with brain tumors at 10 to 24 years of age with 2, 000 healthy young people.

#Coated cells act like camo for deadly brain tumors Brain tumors are able to go undetected by the immune system

The discovery, made in mice and rats, shows the key role the protein galectin-1 plays in some of the most dangerous brain tumors, called high grade malignant gliomas.

which make up about 80 percent of all malignant brain tumors, include anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, anaplastic astrocytomas, and glioblastoma multiforme.

More than 24,000 people in the US are diagnosed with a primary malignant brain tumor each year. The tiny tendrils of tumor that extend into brain tissue from a glioma are

Most brain tumor immune research has focused on triggering the action of the adaptive immune systemhose cells control the process that allows the body to kill invaders from outside or within.

and brain tumors. ur research is making a real difference to understanding what causes melanoma and ultimately therefore how to prevent

#Better chemotherapy through targeted delivery Every year about 100000 Americans are diagnosed with brain tumors that have spread from elsewhere in the body.

This could be valuable information in designing future versions of this treatment for brain tumors or other cancers he adds.

Michael Lim an associate professor of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins says the new approach seems like a promising way to expand the range of treatments available for brain tumors

For example patients with glioblastoma a type of brain tumor respond well to a certain class of drugs known as alkylating agents

which was funded by a National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, the National Science Foundation, MIT Presidential Fellowships, the National institutes of health, the Stop and Shop Pediatric Brain tumor Fund,

#Handheld scanner could make brain tumor removal more complete reducing recurrence Cancerous brain tumors are notorious for growing back

Moritz F. Kircher and colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center point out that malignant brain tumors particularly the kind known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are among the toughest to beat.

Surgical removal is one of the main weapons doctors have to treat brain tumors. The problem is that currently there's no way to know

Neuroscientists use lightwaves to improve brain tumor surgery More information: Guiding Brain tumor Resection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoparticles and a Hand-held Raman Scanner ACS Nano Article ASAPDOI:

10.1021/nn503948abstractthe current difficulty in visualizing the true extent of malignant brain tumors during surgical resection represents one of the major reasons for the poor prognosis of brain tumor patients.

Here we evaluated the ability of a hand-held Raman scanner guided by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoparticles to identify the microscopic tumor extent in a genetically engineered RCAS/tv-a glioblastoma mouse model.

because it uses inert gold#silica SERS nanoparticles and a hand-held Raman scanner that can guide brain tumor resection in the operating room o

#CWRU researcher lands grant to build stealthy brain tumor treatment A Case Western Reserve University researcher has received a 5-year,

and can cause brain tumors to reoccur. Their goal is to develop a treatment that eradicates the cancer with one safe dose."

"Brain tumor cells are often invasive and spread throughout the normal brain, and drugs--if they get in--do nothing because of resistance that develops."

releasing their drug cargo into the brain tumors. In testing with mouse models of aggressive brain tumors, the technology took out far more cancer cells, inhibited tumor growth better and extended life longer than traditional chemotherapy delivery.

The targeted delivery system also used far less drug than used in traditional chemotherapy, saving healthy tissue from toxic exposure.

ENT surgeons commonly use endoscopic approaches to remove brain tumors through the nose by making a window through the blood-brain barrier to access the brain.

#Scientists use nanotechnology to visualize potential brain cancer treatments in real time (Nanowerk News) Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have developed new imaging techniques to watch dangerous brain tumor

whether we could isolate these types of toxic cells from the other brain tumor cells, while developing new imaging tools at the single-cell level to visualize the course of therapies needed to eradicate these cells,

This random pattern of vision loss is in stark contrast to loss from a brain tumor or stroke,

ENT surgeons commonly use endoscopic approaches to remove brain tumors through the nose by making a window through the blood-brain barrier to access the brain.

#Biologists identify brain tumor weakness The study, led by researchers from the Whitehead Institute and MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, found that a subset of glioblastoma tumor cells is dependent on a particular enzyme that breaks down the amino acid glycine.

the most common and most aggressive type of brain tumor found in humans. The researchers found that GLDC,

The comparison involved the normal and tumor genomes from 43 children and adults with brain tumors, leukemia, melanoma and the pediatric eye tumor retinoblastoma."

"Using CONSERTING, researchers discovered genetic alterations driving pediatric leukemia, the pediatric brain tumor low-grade glioma, the adult brain tumor glioblastoma and retinoblastoma.

ENT surgeons commonly use endoscopic approaches to remove brain tumors through the nose by making a window through the blood-brain barrier to access the brain.

#New computational strategy finds brain tumor-shrinking molecules Patients with glioblastoma, a type of malignant brain tumor,

#Biologists identify brain tumor weakness Biologists at MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploited to develop more-effective drugs against brain tumors.

The study, led by researchers from the Whitehead Institute and MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, found that a subset of glioblastoma tumor cells is dependent on a particular enzyme that breaks down the amino acid glycine.

the most common and most aggressive type of brain tumor found in humans. The researchers found that GLDC,

#Wearable Device Slows Deadly Brain tumors, Clinical Trial Finds A wearable device that emits low-level electrical fields can slow the progression of glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer,

During anti-angiogenic therapy, said Bergers, the Neill H. and Linda S. Brownstein Endowed Chair in Brain tumor Research and a member of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center,

In one current project, his team is investigating specific types of immune cells extracted from brain tumors. ee isolating T cells from brain tumors,

Understanding how multiple molecules function at the same time in a single cell may reveal clues about how brain tumors manage to survive

The researchers also suggest that this technology will be useful in the surgical treatment of brain tumors.

Heather and Melanie Muss Endowed Chair and a principal investigator in the UCSF Brain tumor Research center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research. t may be unwelcome

#Nanotechnology identifies brain tumor types through MRI'virtual biopsy'in animal studies: If results are confirmed in humans,

diagnosing brain tumors by identifying cells that have spread to the brain from other organs, and then fighting the cancer with precise, individualized tumor treatment.

Brain tumor Center and the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience.""The nanodrug is engineered to cross this barrier with its payload intact,

#Imaging Technique Provides Color Coded Map Showing Cancerous Brain areas New imaging technique could make brain tumor removal safer and more effective,

and in surgeries to remove brain tumors from mice. The researchers hope to begin clinical trials in patients this summer.

OCT Could Aid Brain tumor Removal Study: OCT Could Aid Brain tumor Removalbaltimore, June 19, 2015 Optical coherence tomography (OCT) holds promise for guiding surgeons as they operate on brain tumors

and help them avoid removing healthy tissue. After identifying brain cancer's OCT signature, researchers at Johns hopkins university have developed a computer algorithm that rapidly generates a color-coded map that shows cancer in red and healthy tissue in green."

"We envision that the OCT would be aimed at the area being operated on, and the surgeon could look at a screen to get a continuously updated picture of where the cancer is

and in surgeries to remove brain tumors from mice. The researchers hope to begin clinical trials in patients this summer.

Way To Disrupt Brain tumor Stem Cells Some brain tumors are notoriously difficult to treat. Whether surgically removed, zapped by radiation

The ability of many brain tumors to regenerate can be traced to cancer stem cells that evade treatment and spur the growth of new tumor cells.

But some brain tumor stem cells may have an Achilles'heel, scientists have found. The cancer stem cells'remarkable abilities have to be maintained,

"This discovery may help us attack the root of some of the deadliest brain tumors, "said senior author Albert H. Kim, MD, Phd, assistant professor of neurological surgery."

Kim and his colleagues identified a protein, known as SOX2, that is active in brain tumor stem cells and in healthy stem cells in other parts of the body.

When the scientists analyzed human tumor samples, they found that a subset of patients with glioblastomas that had the highest CDC20 levels also had the shortest periods of survival after diagnosis. Kim's lab is exploring methods to block CDC20 in brain tumors,

#New imaging technique could make brain tumor removal safer, more effective Brain surgery is famously difficult for good reason:

and in surgeries to remove brain tumors from mice. The researchers hope to begin clinical trials in patients this summer.

Heather and Melanie Muss Endowed Chair and a principal investigator in the UCSF Brain tumor Research center and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research. t may be unwelcome

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