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New DCVax-L brain cancer vaccine trial starts enrolling
Another site in the U.S. has begun recruiting for a Phase II clinical trial of Northwest Biotherapeutics' DCVax-L personalized brain cancer vaccine for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme.
Personalized brain cancer vaccine improves survival
Phase II data for Agenus' HSPPC-96 vaccine (also known as vitespen) showed glioblasoma patients living longer, which could offer a glimmer of hope.
Drug derived from Chinese herb aided brain tumor-stricken mice
A drug made in part from the Chinese medicinal herb Angelica sinensis doubled the life expectancy of mice with a rare brain tumor.
Radiation-infused nanoparticles wiped out brain tumors in rats
Human trials may launch within a few months for a new brain cancer treatment using nanoparticles infused with radiation that showed promise in rats.
Team finds 2 mutations that cause pediatric brain cancer
Glioblastomas are less common in children than in adults but just as lethal. They are fatal tumors that don't respond to chemotherapy and radiation and inflict a particularly nasty death. These...
ImmunoCellular starts Phase II trial of brain cancer vaccine
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is heralding its involvement in a new Phase II trial of ImmunoCellular Therapeutics ' ICT-107. The cancer vaccine, which we recently chose as one of 10 promising
Arginine could boost brain cancer vaccine success
University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers have discovered that arginine, an amino acid that's available over-the-counter, could re-energize cancer-fighting T-cells that are suppressed in...
Nano-therapy that cooks deadly brain tumors advances in Germany
Nanotechnology experts have been tackling the monster task of combating aggressive brain tumors that can't be beat with chemotherapy and radiation treatments alone. This week MagForce reported that
Search-and-destroy drugs attack lethal brain cancer
When diagnosed with glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer that killed U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in 2009, doctors and patients have limited options to combat the tumors. They spread widely in
Targeted treatment clears glioblastoma tumors in drug-resistant models
As far as the war on cancer is concerned, the battle to cure mice was won a long time ago, which helps build some healthy skepticism about the implications animal studies have for future human
