A FORMER NBA star has been diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. The 13-year NBA veteran is fighting glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. Jason Collins, a journeyman center in the NBA has Stage 4 glioblastoma. He discovered a brain tumor earlier this year, but didn't announce ... Read more
The Sun - Dec 11
The money will help scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow “accelerate progress toward a cure”. Read more
The Scotsman - Dec 07
Preliminary studies find derivatives of the compound, known as verticillin A, can kill some types of glioma cells. Read more
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology - Dec 03
Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery behind how a common pregnancy drug lowers blood pressure. It turns out the medication blocks a fast-acting “oxygen alarm” inside cells. That same alarm helps brain tumors survive, meaning the drug unexpectedly weakens them, too. The discovery could ... Read more
Science Daily - Dec 03
Joscelyne Kerr, 20, was diagnosed with the rare cancer anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and was the first to be recorded having the disease in Scotland Read more
Mirror - Nov 22
Caden Speck, 18, was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer called diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumors. Read more
Mail Online - Nov 20
Columbia University researchers are the first to show that focused ultrasound - a non-invasive technique that uses sound waves to enhance the delivery of drugs into the brain - can be safely used in children being treated for brain cancer. Read more
Medical News - Nov 20
Glioblastoma doesn't just affect the brain. It also erodes bones in the skull and changes the composition of immune cells in skull marrow. Read more
Science News - Oct 24
JEFFREY Meldrum, the scientist who stalked Bigfoot, has died at the age of 67. The professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University died on September 9 in Pocatello, Idaho. His wife, Lauren Stewart, posted on social media, saying that his cause of death was brain cancer. Meldrum be... Read more
The Sun - Oct 17
Michael Strahan's daughter Isabella is giving an unflinching look at her battle with brain cancer - and how the experience reshaped her relationship with her twin sister Sophia. Read more
Mail Online - Oct 08
