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Meet Sheena Reddy: A woman honors her mother’s fight against glioblastoma cancer while helping others.

Listen to our conversation with Dr. Kesari to find out what GBM treatments make him believe that big breakthroughs are on the horizon for treating this tricky, and tragic, disease.

Multiple Sclerosis occurs unexpectedly, usually when people are just embarking on their adult lives. MS is believed to be an autoimmune disease. Normally, the immune system recognizes the body as “Self’ and protects it from outside entities, such as germs. The central nervous system or...

The ability to maintain one’s brain health throughout one’s life should be of utmost importance in pursuing health and longevity. The brain is remarkably plastic (neuroplasticity) giving it the ability to change and improve throughout your lifetime. Neural connections in the brain can adjust and...

Technology apps give you power in cancer care In a terrible accident, astronaut Steve Austin was severely injured and rushed to a top-secret high-tech facility. In a government-sanctioned surgery, scientists and doctors worked around the clock using experimental technology to install a bionic arm, eye,...

SIGNIFICANCE Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary malignant brain tumor in adults. Despite the advances in understanding the molecular mechanism underlying GBM tumorigenesis, most of the current targeted therapies are still ineffective and temozolomide (TMZ) has remained the cornerstone of GBM treatment. Treatment...

An excellent team of outstanding neurosurgeons at Pacific Neuroscience Institute’s Brain Tumor Center has reported on 129 minimally invasive supraorbital (SO) surgeries in a recent paper; the highly encouraging results of a retrospective study are discussed. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Removal of Brain and Skull...