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...

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