A glioma is a type of tumor that originates in the central nervous system, specifically in the brain or spinal cord. These tumors originate in glial cells, supportive cells in the brain which serve to ...

Currently, a definite diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) can be made only by the histopathological analysis of tumor tissue. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a marker of ...

Scientists have discovered that certain changes in the DNA of cells, known as mutations, like the IDH mutation, can act as ...

The mouse genome contains two Gcm homologues, Gcm1 and Gcm2 (ref. 4). Gcm2 is not expressed in mouse glial cells or their precursors but is instead restricted to the parathyroid gland. This makes ...

Glial cells help providing nutrition and support to brain cells. Tumors from glial cells are often aggressive. They can start in the brain or the spinal cord, then rapidly form finger-like ...

In both cases, we made fundamental observations about the nature of glial cells and directly applied these paradigms to relevant neurological diseases: brain tumors and white matter injury. Our view ...

Primary brain tumors are relatively rare cancers that oncologists frequently group into two types: glial or non-glial. Glial tumors, or gliomas, affect glial cells, whereas non-glial tumors originate ...

Antidepressant Shows Promise for Treating Brain Tumors Sep. 20, 2024 — Researchers have used a drug screening platform they developed to show that an antidepressant, currently on the market ...

Pineal region tumors develop in or around the pineal gland, a small, pea-sized organ near the brain’s center. They can be benign or malignant, and they are rare. The pineal gland plays a crucial ...

Richard Lounsbery Award recipient, will present the 2024 Lounsbery Lecture on "Neuron-glial Interactions in Health and ...

The fusion of two genes on chromosome 12 – NAB2 and STAT6 – has been found in a rare form of cancer, known as a solitary fibrous tumor, which can form in almost any part of the body ( Thway et al., ...

From 1950 to 1989, 6338 cases could be grouped according to their CNS tumors based on our crude classification. Among these cases, 3530 were male, 2734 were female, and 935 were children and ...