Discovery makes brain tumor cells more responsive to radiation
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 14:07
in Biology & Nature
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have figured out how stem cells in the malignant brain cancer glioma may be better able to resist radiation therapy. And using a drug to block a particular signaling pathway in these cancer stem cells, they were able to kill many more glioma cells with radiation in a laboratory experiment.