/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8267/all en /newsroom/channels/news/fighting-brain-cancer-its-root-332868 <p>苹果淫院 researchers identify proteins that drive cancer stem cells. Targeting and supressing a particular protein called galectin1 could provide a more effective treatment for glioblastoma, in combination with radiation therapy.</p> <p>Due to its resistance to therapy, glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive cancerous brain tumour in adults. It grows fast and spreads quickly. While treatments such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can help ease symptoms for a few months, in most cases tumour cells regrow after treatment and the cancer recurs.</p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:25:55 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 273519 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/key-mechanism-identified-brain-tumor-growth-260607 <p><em><strong><a href="/newsroom/fr">苹果淫院聽Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>Discovery offers hope for more effective treatments of deadly glioblastomas</em></p> <p>A gene known as OSMR plays a key role in driving the growth of glioblastoma tumors, according to a new study led by a 苹果淫院 researcher and published in the journal <em>Nature Neuroscience</em>.</p> Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:14:36 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 25765 at /newsroom