One of the most serious types of brain tumour, glioblastoma multiforme, could be fought by the patients' own immune system, according to research at Lund University in Sweden. The tumours are difficult to remove with surgery because the tumour cells grow into the surrounding healthy brain tissue. A patient with the disease therefore does not usually survive much longer than a year after the discovery of the tumour. The team has tested different ways of stimulating ...Saturday, 1 June 2013
Brain Tumors Could Be Fought By Immune System: Researchers
One of the most serious types of brain tumour, glioblastoma multiforme, could be fought by the patients' own immune system, according to research at Lund University in Sweden. The tumours are difficult to remove with surgery because the tumour cells grow into the surrounding healthy brain tissue. A patient with the disease therefore does not usually survive much longer than a year after the discovery of the tumour. The team has tested different ways of stimulating ...
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