Australian researchers find new way to target deadly childhood cancer
Research by Australian scientists could pave the way to a new treatment for a currently incurable brain cancer in children called...
Apr 14, 2021
Researchers identify potential revolutionary new drug treatment for fatal childhood cancer
A paper published today 12 Feb 2021 in the prestigious journal, Nature Communications, reveals a potential revolutionary drug ...
Feb 12, 2021
Trials Underway Using Experimental CAR T-Cell Therapy For Deadly Childhood Brain Cancer
"Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is one of the hardest to treat cancers and most children diagnosed with it die within a year,...
Nov 9, 2020
Drugs against alpha-ketoglutarate may combat deadly childhood brain tumor
NIH funded pre-clinical study highlights intricate links between brain tumors and cancer cell metabolism. Read more:...
Aug 24, 2020
New drug may provide hope for children with untreatable cancers
"The experimental drug, known as 9-ING-4, targets a specific protein that seems to be active in many different types of cancer." Read...
Jul 24, 2020
Despite failures, chemo still promising against dangerous childhood brain cancer, DIPG
"The reason chemotherapy has been ineffective against DIPG is most likely the fact that we haven't found the right chemotherapy yet."...
Mar 27, 2020
Two-Drug Combo Shows Promise in Treating Childhood Brain Cancers
Researchers have tested a new drug combination that shows promise for the treatment of several types of childhood brain cancers known as...
Nov 25, 2019
ICR forms collaboration with AI drug discovery company to develop new possible treatments in rare ch
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, are working with Healx, a biotech company specialising in artificial intelligence...
Oct 4, 2019
New treatment could become first targeted therapy designed for 'untreatable' childhood brain
A new type of drug that targets a genetic weakness in an untreatable childhood brain cancer could become the first ever treatment...
May 16, 2019
New hope for treating childhood brain cancer
Recent experiments in animal models of the disease have identified an experimental drug that effectively destroys DIPG cells. And a team...
Apr 9, 2019