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3 stories tagged "brain-cancer"
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Glioblastoma Craves Sugar. Oregon State Coated a Gene Therapy in It and Rode Straight Past the Blood-Brain Barrier.
Glioblastoma overexpresses the same sugar transporter that guards the brain. Oregon State researchers used that greed to smuggle a tumor-suppressor gene into tumors, and mouse survival rose 50 percent.
CancerFor Twenty Years, a Vitamin B12 Cancer Drug Has Worked in Mice, Dogs, and Rats. It Still Hasn't Reached a Human Trial.
Nitrosylcobalamin crossed the blood-brain barrier and pooled in a rat's brain tumor. This study didn't shrink one, the synergy ran in a petri dish, and the scientist behind the headlines holds the patents.
CancerTwenty Years of Nothing on Brain Cancer, and the Best New Lead Is a Vitamin Nobody Can Patent
A University of Calgary trial added high-dose niacin to standard glioblastoma treatment and reported 82% of 24 patients progression-free at six months. The design is single-arm and early, but the molecule is a cheap, unpatentable vitamin.