Sunday, December 27, 2009

Study blames two genes for aggressive brain cancer

Brain section
Glioblastoma is a deadly form of brain cancer
Scientists have discovered two genes that appear responsible for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer.

Glioblastoma multiforme rapidly invades the normal brain, producing inoperable tumours, but scientists have not understood why it is so aggressive.
The latest study, by a Columbia University team, published in Nature, pinpoints two genes.
The researchers say that the findings raise hopes of developing a treatment for the cancer.

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