Thursday, December 19, 2013

Blocking tumor-associated macrophages decreased glioblastoma's growth & extended survival in mice

Blocking tumor-associated macrophages decreased glioblastoma's growth & extended survival in mice
Neurology News & Neuroscience News from Medical News Today

An experimental drug that targets macrophages, a type of immune cell, in the microenvironment surrounding the lethal brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme decreased the cancer's growth and extended survival of laboratory mice with the cancer, scientists reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting in New Orleans.

Original Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270241.php

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