Novel Vitamin B12 Treatment Offers Hope in Brain Cancer Treatment
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest type of brain cancer and patients usually die within 15 months from the time they are diagnosed with the malignancy. Existing treatments like surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy aren’t effective in halting the progression of this disease. Now, a new study shows that an experimental therapy containing vitamin B12 could halt GBM in its tracks. The study was conducted by a team at the Taussig Cancer Center of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation together with Nitric Oxide Services LLC. The researchers investigated a vitamin B12 compound called NO-Cbl (nitrosylcobalamin). This modified type of vitamin B12 releases nitric oxide. The purpose of the preclinical study was to look into whether this compound could…











