Tag: Brain tumor

  • Health

    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.

    Pier Paolo Peruzzi (left) and Oliver Jonas.
  • Health

    Brainstorming a cure

    Regulatory T cells in the brain can be reprogrammed from guarding glioblastoma tumors to attacking them from within.

    Plastic brain model.
  • Science & Tech

    Creating piece of mind

    A graduate student, who had a baseball-sized brain tumor, was curious to see what his brain looked like before the tumor was removed. This led him to colleagues who collaborated on a new 3-D printing technique.

    Brain model
  • Health

    Lasering in on tumors

    In the battle against brain cancer, doctors now have a new weapon: an imaging technology that will make brain surgery dramatically more accurate by allowing surgeons to distinguish between brain tissue and tumors, and at a microscopic level.