“Potential Therapy Found for Incurable Pediatric Brain Tumor,” Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

"Potential Therapy Found for Incurable Pediatric Brain Tumor," Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new potential drug therapy for a rare, incurable pediatric brain tumor by targeting a genetic mutation found in children with the cancer. By inhibiting the tumor-forming consequences of the mutation using an experimental drug called GSKJ4, they delayed tumor growth and prolonged survival in mice with pediatric brainstem glioma. Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University is one of the 25 NCCN Member Institutions....

Original Article: http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/news/2014/11/Hashizume-pediatric-tumor-therapy.html

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