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New DCVax-L brain cancer vaccine trial starts enrolling
Another site in the U.S. has begun recruiting for a Phase II clinical trial of Northwest Biotherapeutics' DCVax-L personalized brain cancer vaccine for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.
Test could diagnose brain tumors without surgery
A team at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston thinks it has stumbled upon a game-changing way to eliminate the need for surgery in suspected brain tumor patients.
Nanosyringe could help treat brain tumors
A discovery by researchers at Rice University and the Methodist Neurological Institute could help deliver chemo drugs to brain tumor cells.
Drug derived from Chinese herb aided brain tumor-stricken mice
A drug made in part from the Chinese medicinal herb Angelica sinensis doubled the life expectancy of mice with a rare brain tumor.
Glioma peptide vaccine shows early hints of efficacy
Some childhood brain cancers don't respond well to treatment and the outcomes are not good for the patient.
Stemline bets $50M IPO on a pair of cancer stem cell treatments
New York-based Stemline Therapeutics is making a bid to go public and raise $50 million to help fund its mid-stage work on a pair of cancer stem cell treatments.
New drug blocks brain cancer advance, making chemo kill easier
Invasive brain tumors are often unstoppable, and even chemotherapy drugs can't always halt their advance. That could change with a new compound.
Siemens teams up with ViiV, Tocagen on companion Dx
Siemens ( $SI ) is taking a big step into the hot companion diagnostic arena. The company, which makes a wide range of products, has announced separate pacts with ViiV Healthcare and Tocagen related to
ImmunoCellular starts Phase II trial of brain cancer vaccine
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is heralding its involvement in a new Phase II trial of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics ' ICT-107. The cancer vaccine, which we recently chose as one of 10 promising
Researchers unmask protein as villain in pancreatic, brain cancer growth
The protein CPEB4 appears to set off legions of genes that spur the growth of pancreatic and brain cancer, and possibly other kinds of tumors, scientists in Spain have discovered. Knowing what CPEB4
