Mood:  energetic

Please donate today and lets find a cure!

Very interesting on how ASU researchers are better able to predict the spread of Glioblastoma through the brain: 

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=198226

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2011 Research Grants

Duke University Medical Center - Dr. Hai Yan
Developing Novel Approaches to Target Glioma: Exploration of IDH1/2 mutations

University of California Los Angeles  - Dr. Linda Liau
Optimizing Dendritic Cell Vaccination for Low-Grade Glioma Patients

Scripps Research Institute Florida - Dr. Vanessa Saunders
Interplay between EGFRvIII and c-Met in Glioblastoma Multiforme

University of Florida - Dr. Jeffrey Harrison
Targeting Chemokine Receptors in Glioblastoma: Redefining the Functions of CXCR4 and CXCR7 on Glioma Stem Cells

MD Anderson Orlando - Dr. Don Eslin
Nifurtimox and radiation for medulloblastoma therapy

Florida State University - Dr. Eric Laywell
Improving Glioma Treatment with Adaptive Therapy

2010 Research Grants

City of Hope – Dr. Karen Aboody
Development of Next Generation of Neural Progenitor Cells
 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Dr. Patrick Paddison
Examining the multiple active pathways of GBM
 
Jackson Laboratory/Swedish Medical Center
Development of Orthotopic Xenograft GBM Pre-Clinical Mouse Models
 
Johns Hopkins -- Dr. Greg Riggins
Phase II Clinical Trial of Mebendazole
 
MD Anderson/Baylor College of Medicine -- Dr. Xiaonan Li 
Role of Nerium Oleander extract and oleandrin on glioblastoma
 
Swedish Medical Center -- Dr. Greg Foltz
Study of the Metabolism and Distribution of a Subpharmacologic Dose of Lightly-labeled 14C-Temozolomide in Newly Diagnosed GBM Patients
 
University of California San Francisco – Dr. Mike Prados
Co-Development of a novel Cdk4/6 Inhibitor to treat GBM
 
University of Florida -- Dr. Brent Reynolds
Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) as a novel differentiating agent in the treatment of Glioblastoma (GBM)
 
University of West Florida -- Dr. Raid Amin 
An Epidemiological Surveillance of Brain Cancer in Florida
 
University of Florida -- Dr. Erin Dunbar 
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
 
University of Central Florida -- Dr. Sic Chan
Targeting the brain-specific mitochondrial uncoupling protein inhibits metabolic flexibility and survival of glioblastoma multiforme

Mood:  surprised

If you have a GBM, why not cut down on your Cholesterol intake? You might be feeding the GBM! Interesting article:

 http://www.labgrab.com/users/andrew-hau/blog/glioblastoma_id=1145

 They just announced that 11 of the 16 patients were still alive 32 months after the trial started, back in Nov-2006. This is the study I was trying to get my Dad into, but his karnoksky score was too low.

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616092701.htm

Mood:  quizzical

I'd rather be safe than sorry. Also, Dr. Black is probably the most intelligent person I have ever met. so... please read:

http://www.ktvq.com/news/experts-cell-phone-cancer-risk-needs-more-study/