Monday 28 January 2013

The Key To Personalized Treatment For Common Brain Tumors Lies In Their Genetic Landscape

Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers led by Yale School of Medicine scientists report online in the journal Science. Knowledge of the genomic profile of the tumors and their location in the brain make it possible for the first time to develop personalized medical therapies for meningiomas, which currently are only managed surgically. Meningioma tumors affect about 170,000 patients in the United States... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

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