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May 2022 – A nanocapsule that delivers the gene-editing tool CRISPR to the brain could be used to treat one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, called glioblastoma.

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April 2022 – The Ontario government says it will spend $17.1 million to “expand lifesaving cancer treatment and improve access to care” at University Health Network (UHN), which includes plans to create the country’s first proton beam therapy facility.

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February 2022 – UCL scientists have developed a novel cancer therapy that uses an MRI scanner to guide a magnetic seed through the brain to heat and destroy tumours.

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September 2021 – “We hypothesize that the increase in reactive oxygen species is at least in part due to magnetically induced disruption of the electron flow in the mitochondrial electron transport chain”.

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April 2021 – “Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumour Research, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent further growth.”

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March 2021 – Patients treated with Temozolomide in the morning are experiencing longer survival rates than those who receive their treatment in the evening, studies show.

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March 2021 – A hydrogel developed at Hokkaido University, Japan, successfully reverted cancer cells back to cancer stem cells within 24 hours, in six different human cancer types.

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March 2021 – Researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and University of Toronto, showed that chemically inhibiting the enzyme PRMT5 can suppress the growth of glioblastoma cells.

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March 2021 – Science fiction come to life – California-based Bionaut Labs is aiming to be the first to create remote-controlled robots that can be implanted to tackle tumours. The goal is clinical trials by 2023.

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March 2021 – John Trant received a research grant of $50,000 from Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada to assist his work into nanoparticles that can get past the blood-brain barrier.

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March 2021 – After limited availability through Health Canada’s special access program, Gleolan is now available commercially in Canada. The imaging agent aids surgeons in the resection of brain tumours by making tumour tissue glow a different colour than normal, healthy brain tissue.

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December 2020 – A research group in at Goethe University Frankfurt found that the drug loperamide, sometimes sold under the brand name Imodium, can be used to induce cell death in glioblastoma cell lines.

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December 2020 – A research team from McGill University have discovered a gene needed for tumour growth for a subgroup of glioblastoma that affects teens and young adults – providing an important first step towards more effective treatment.

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December 2020 – Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine have said that higher amounts of tissue death brought on by certain white blood cells have been associated with poor survival in patients with aggressive glioblastomas.

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December 2020 – An international team of researchers has now compiled international guidelines and standards for the treatment of common brain tumour complications.

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November 2020 – “The synthetic protein nanoparticle can cross the blood-brain barrier and deliver a targeted therapeutic to glioblastoma cells, say researchers.”

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October 2020 – Big news out of the University of Calgary as researchers look at reprogramming the immune system to stop the growth of glioblastoma. Findings indicate the body may be the ultimate weapon against glioblastoma, but it needs help.

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October 2020 – Carefully lowering the MR-Linac through the roof of Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre, and into a specially constructed radiation treatment bunker, was a feat almost as massive as the six-tonne machine itself.

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September 2020 – Patients diagnosed early enough for certain lung tumours to be surgically removed, and who have a mutation of the so-called EGFR gene, found that Tagrisso cut the risk of developing brain metastases by 82%, a new study shows.

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September 2020 – A new technique of sensitizing stem cells to radiation therapy could have a significant effect on glioblastoma treatment.

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September 2020 – Gleolan is a substance that makes glioma tumour tissue glow fluorescent under special blue light, and has the potential to greatly increase successful surgical resections.

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August 2020 – A McGill-led study reveals that suppressing the OSMR gene can improve the effectiveness of radiation therapy in glioblastoma patients.

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July 2020 – An article exploring some of the newest oncologic drug targets, including those for glioblastoma, lung cancer and breast cancer.

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July 2020 – Researchers and clinicians from the University of Toronto and SickKids Hospital have found that a common diabetes drug may help repair brain injuries.

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July 2020 – Scientists have identified an oncogene (a cancer-causing gene) responsible for glioblastoma, offering a promising new treatment target for a cancer that is always fatal.

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July 2020 – Empirica Therapeutics, a startup co-founded by Donnelly Centre investigator Jason Moffat and Dr. Sheila Singh, has been acquired by U.S.-based Century Therapeutics.

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July 2020 – A new study out of Massachusetts shows that PAR glycohydrolase inhibitors can be used to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy in brain tumours.

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July 2020 – Halifax neurosurgeons are the first in Canada to use cutting-edge robotic technology to perform a brain biopsy.

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June 2020 – Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada is among a panel of experts and medical professionals dedicated to developing Bruce Power’s isotope program.

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June 2020 – A simple blood test has been found that accurately diagnosed and classified various brain tumours, opening the door to more accurate diagnoses and less-invasive treatments.

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May 2020 – In this consensus statement, an international group of experts present mitigation strategies and treatment guidance for patients suffering from high grade gliomas (HGGs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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May 2020 – A new treatment for lung cancer that shows promise in brain metastases.

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May 2020 – High dose x-ray beams – narrower than a human hair – could be used to blast tumours while sparing the surrounding tissue in patients who have expended conventional radiation, thanks to researchers at the University of Saskatchewan.

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May 2020 – A multi-institutional, international team led by researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital has developed a novel approach that delivers appropriately-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy directly into the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the tumor.

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May 2020 – A combination of radiation and the drug trifluoperazine not only targets glioblastoma cells but also helps overcome the resistance to treatment so common to this aggressive form of cancer. The results could prove promising for patients with the disease, for whom the median survival time is only 12 to 18 months following diagnosis.

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April 2020 – A team of researchers for Yale School of Medicine and Beijing Normal University have published a breakthrough study on the use of nanoparticles as a way to deliver drug therapy through the blood-brain barrier.

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February 2020 – New research could revolutionize the way doctors tackle hard-to-treat conditions such as brain cancer, ALS and Alzheimer’s, thanks to a landmark $16.7 million grant that will go toward a new type of focused ultrasound device.

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