Many people with brain tumors will have an operation to remove as much tumor as possible. The goal is to remove what can be safely removed. The next steps may be chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. In order to explore how radiation may assist in targeting and killing brain tumor cells,…
One of the deadliest brain tumors in children is the Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). About 10 to 20% of brain tumors in children are the DIPG. They occur in the brain stem at a region known as the pons which makes surgical removal of tumor not an option. Radiation…
You may have heard a lot of information about the Keto Diet. A Keto (or ketogenic) Diet is essentially a method of monitoring what you eat based upon eating high-fat, proper protein, and low-carbohydrate foods. (Read more details on Wikipedia’s Ketogenic Diet.) It was originally created to treat patients with…
The thought of patients laughing and joking during their brain surgery operations might seem odd. But it actually helps neurosurgeons to ensure the goals of surgery are attained. One method that is being researched is using an electrical stimulation to “evoke positive affect and anxiolysis without sedation.” This research has…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently bestowed a “Breakthrough Device” designation for a tube-like device that is designed to attract brain tumor cells such as glioblastoma. One of the major challenges associated with either surgical or radiotherapy treatment for glioblastoma is that tumor cells migrate and invade the…
Last week, we posted some advances in stem cells research that could in the future target and treat certain conditions in the brain where there is a diminishing function of critical neurons. These stem cells have the potential to function as neurons and restore function if appropriately directed. An area of…
Everyone’s brain is slightly different both in terms of structural and functional connectivity. Neurons are the principal cells of the brain that permit integration and transmission of critical information between various regions of the brain. Neurons are very susceptible to damage and neurons have very limited ability to repair themselves…
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