Preclinical Study Suggests New Therapy Could Wipe Out Brain Tumors
UC San Francisco-based scientists have developed a new immunotherapy that was successful in wiping out all tumor cells inside the brains of the mice that were treated with this intervention. The success of this preclinical study has encouraged the researchers to expedite their plans to test the treatment in human subjects. The study, which was led by Senthilnath Lakshmanachetty, focused on a deadly pediatric cancer called DMG, or diffuse midline glioma. This cancer is so aggressive that most patients die within a year after being diagnosed, and current treatments have had limited success in controlling this malignancy. The UCSF scientists…











