Brain Tumor News!
Note: The comments under each article title are the opinion of our president, Al Musella, DPM,
and do not reflect official policy of the Musella Foundation!
07/17/01
Brain Tumor Medical Advice Nurse Only a Phone Call Away:
(PR Newswire)A vital free service for
brain tumor patients and their families is once again available through the National
Brain Tumor Foundation. The twenty-year-old agency's Medical Advice Nurse has again been funded by the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation.
07/17/01
Geron Reports Issuance of U.S. Patent for Human Telomerase Gene
(Business Wire)...It is also an excellent target for anti-
cancer therapeutics since inhibiting telomerase can result...... as a marker for early warnings of new or recurrent
cancers....... disease, neural cells to treat spinal cord injury and
brain diseases,...
07/16/01
Gene May Predict Speed of Brain Tumor Recurrence
(Reuters)The discovery of a gene that is overactive in an aggressive type of
brain tumor may lead to better understanding of how such
cancer spreads and help doctors predict how quickly tumors are likely to recur after treatment, according to a new report.
07/16/01
Experts Say Stem Cells Promise Medical Revolution
(Reuters)... disease, injecting stem cells into the area of the
brain that controls muscle movement,...... by providing skin grafts; spinal cord injuries; and
cancer patients who have lost cells and tissue to radiation...
07/13/01
Maureen Reagan in Hospital, Cancer Spreads to Brain
(Reuters)Maureen Reagan, the daughter of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and actress Jane Wyman, has returned to a northern California hospital as doctors battle
cancer that has spread to her
brain.
