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Though far from the most common form of cancer, brain cancers are uniquely difficult to treat. Columbia scientists are researching multiple new ways to attack the tumors.
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The fusion of two adjacent genes can cause cancer by kicking mitochondria into overdrive and increasing the amount of fuel available for rampant cell growth.
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A comprehensive analysis of the molecular characteristics of gliomas—the most common malignant brain tumor—explains why some patients diagnosed with slow-growing (low-grade) tumors quickly succumb to the disease while others with more aggressive (high-grade) tumors survive for many years.
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The drug Gleevec is well known not only for its effectiveness against leukemia. A similar drug might be able to tame some brain cancers, new research from Columbia University Medical Center has shown.
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- July 30, 2014
Columbia experts worked together to offer an innovative option to a pregnant woman needing radiation therapy for a fast-growing brain tumor.
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- August 29, 2013
With an HHMI fellowship, Columbia medical student Eli Sayegh is taking a year off from school to research a new theory about brain cancer.
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- August 5, 2013
A study has found 18 new genes that drive an aggressive form of brain cancer, doubling the number of known driver genes of glioblastoma.
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- March 5, 2013
Scientists discovered how common genetic mutations in Parkinson’s disease damage brain cells
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- February 20, 2013
Omega-3 lipid emulsions protect brain after stroke in mouse study
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- February 19, 2013
It's not just amyloid; white matter hyperintensities may be a second necessary factor for the development of Alzheimer’s.
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- February 19, 2013
Dr. Carla Shatz Honored With the Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Developmental Psychobiology
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- February 13, 2013
Study in Nature could lead to taste modulators to help control our appetite for salty food
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- November 15, 2012
Link between kidney defects and neurodevelopmental delays in kids
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- July 30, 2012
A common & aggressive brain cancer appears to be caused by a genetic mutation -- and targeting it with a drug showed promise in mice.
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