Scientists Discover Brain Cells That Aid Brain Cancer Development
Canadian scientists have made an unexpected finding about glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and hardest-to-treat forms of brain cancer. Cells previously regarded as passive support structures in healthy brain tissue have been found to actively fuel tumor growth through signaling that boosts cancer cell function. The discovery also points toward a drug already in wide clinical use that may be capable of interrupting that process. Both findings represent meaningful advances in a field that has seen very limited therapeutic progress over several decades. Glioblastoma carries one of oncology's bleakest prognoses, with survival following diagnosis typically measured in months rather than years. Patients have access to very few effective treatment…
