New Therapies for Brain Tumors

Brain tumors are difficult to treat because the brain has natural barriers that can resist therapy. In this video, Bakhos A. Tannous, PhD, director of the Experimental Therapeutics and Molecular Imaging Lab, his research in treating brain tumors more efficiently. His team is using stem-like cells, which have been used for neurological disorders but not for cancer. These stem-like cells can keep neurons from dying, while preventing the brain tumor from migrating and inhibiting cancer's stem cells from regenerating. He believes that these stem-like cells can lead to better responses to radiation therapy.

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