New research published in Nature finds that tumor cells within supratentorial ependymomas (SE) – an aggressive childhood brain cancer – cluster into distinct tumor cell populations. Much like a ...

Abstract: Precise tumor localization and sub-region identification are critical for disease diagnosis. However, current Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation (WSSS) methods for brain tumor ...

When Kyle Donohue was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, in spring 2021, she was given about a year to live. Almost five years and an experimental virus-based ...

The term “brain tumor” carries a particularly scary connotation. And if you’re a fan of TV medical dramas, you may think they’re quite common. However, less than 1% of Americans are living with a ...

Meningioma is the most common type of brain tumor. It does not develop in the brain tissue itself, but on the inside of the meninges, the membranes that surround the brain. In most cases, a meningioma ...

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a single injection of an oncolytic virus—a genetically modified virus that selectively infects and ...

Share on Pinterest A new AI tool may help predict disease risk using brain MRI datasets. Image credit: Tunvarat Pruksachat/Getty Images The wellness of the brain plays an important role in living a ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Mass General Brigham investigators have developed a robust new artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model that is capable of analyzing brain MRI datasets to perform numerous medical tasks, ...

For years, scientists have viewed cancer as a localized glitch in which cells refuse to stop dividing. But a new study suggests that, in certain organs, tumors actively communicate with the brain to ...

A potential breakthrough in the fight against glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer, is emerging from UVA Cancer Center. University of Virginia scientists, with support from the National ...