Conversion of brain tumour cells into blood vessels thwarts treatment efforts
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
Glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer and the disease that killed Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, resists nearly all treatment efforts, even when attacked simultaneously on several fronts. One explanation can be found in the tumour cells' unexpected flexibility, discovered researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies...