New Research Sheds Light on the Initial Stages of Brain Cancer Development
Recent research has identified processes that could lead to the growth of tumors. The research was conducted by a team at the University of Plymouth’s Brain Tumour Research Centre, led by Dr. Claudia Barros. This institution is focused on providing new understanding of certain groups of common, low-grade brain tumors. For their research, the investigators used Drosophila fruit flies. This allowed them to identify changes that could play a role in a healthy cell becoming a cancerous one in the brain. Once this was done, investigators translated their discovery using glioma cells. Glioma is a tumor commonly found in the…