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Scientists at MIT have created injectable nanoantennas smaller than a human hair that kill aggressive brain cancer cells wirelessly while leaving healthy tissue completely unharmed. In tests with the deadliest form of brain cancer, the technology extended survival by more than 50 percent with no side effects.
Scientists at Mayo Clinic discovered how to reprogram immune cells to fight glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer, while making existing chemotherapy work better. The breakthrough could transform treatment for thousands of patients facing this devastating diagnosis.
A breakthrough chip recreates a patient's own brain tumor and blood vessels to test which cancer treatments will work best before they ever enter the body. Three glioblastoma patients with identical genetic tests showed completely different responses on the chip, matching their real-world outcomes.
Becca Valle was given months to live after a glioblastoma diagnosis, but a breakthrough ultrasound treatment helped her become part of a rare 10% who survive past five years. The experimental therapy could transform how doctors treat deadly brain cancers.