For more information, refer to the full study in Nature Communications.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded a $6 million grant to USC investigators pioneering a new first ...

The laboratory has identified genetic drivers of malignant progression of glioma. The lab is also focused on understanding how the tumor microenvironment influences the growth of tumor cells. The ...

In the face of challenges to more effectively treat glioblastoma (GBM), basic scientific efforts must ... must be validated and translated into practical application. The natural history of tumor ...

Glioblastoma is the most common kind ... The tumor cells are too varied, and the microenvironment is too tumor-friendly.

“This research is crucial because glioblastoma remains one of the most difficult cancers to treat ... “By doing this in a time course, in a dynamic manner, that really allowed us to identify the key ...

but recent studies have found that the cells instead aid the growth of the cancer. A paper published on July 28 in Brain provides further evidence that astrocytes contribute to glioblastoma ...

"Traditional therapies target one molecule in the tumor microenvironment, but the microenvironment is so complex, targeting one thing doesn't always work," said Sidi Chen, an associate professor ...

Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGGs) are a group of tumors that affect children, teenagers, and young adults. They are the most common tumors of the brain and spinal cord in young people.