Tag: brain cancer

  • Nation & World

    Microdevices turn brain tumors into tiny labs

    A microdevice has been designed that can be implanted into tumors to conduct dozens of experiments at once to study the effects of new treatments on some of the hardest-to-treat brain cancers.

    4 minutes
    Pier Paolo Peruzzi (left) and Oliver Jonas.
  • Nation & World

    Killing cancer with cancer

    Scientists at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a cancer vaccine to simultaneously kill and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse models.

    3 minutes
    Cancer cells.
  • Nation & World

    New hope for children with brain tumors

    A new study out of Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center suggests that precision medicine can provide vital care in treatment and diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors.

    4 minutes