Just a quick discussion here - I've got other things I want to talk about!
it seems that scientists have discovered how tumours move around in the brain. It was always thought that they latch onto the neurones, glial cells and oligodendocyctes, but it would now appear that they used the blood vessels instead.
In order to do this, they need to make use of the protein integrin. This means that the next stage of treatment would be to find an integrin inhibitor drug.
With one fifth of all cancers eventually progressing to the brain, and almost all of these eventually resulting in death, a treatment of this kind could boost cancer survival rates significantly.
A drug to act against integrin is still a long way off yet, and sadly, probably too far away for those who already have advanced disease, but nonetheless, it is an exciting avenue for future cancer therapies.
it seems that scientists have discovered how tumours move around in the brain. It was always thought that they latch onto the neurones, glial cells and oligodendocyctes, but it would now appear that they used the blood vessels instead.
In order to do this, they need to make use of the protein integrin. This means that the next stage of treatment would be to find an integrin inhibitor drug.
With one fifth of all cancers eventually progressing to the brain, and almost all of these eventually resulting in death, a treatment of this kind could boost cancer survival rates significantly.
A drug to act against integrin is still a long way off yet, and sadly, probably too far away for those who already have advanced disease, but nonetheless, it is an exciting avenue for future cancer therapies.
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