By Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 16:00 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 16:00 BST, 11 April 2019
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Scientists may have found a way to stop a highly aggressive and deadly pediatric brain cancer from growing in its earliest stages.
In a study conducted on mice, researchers discovered a gene that helps a type of brain cancer known as glioblastoma turn other brain cells cancerous.
But by injecting molecules that target the gene, it significantly slowed down the rate of tumor cell growth and spread.
In fact, mice with brain cancer were able to live twice as long as rodents that didn't receive treatment.
The team, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio, says the findings could lead to the discovery of therapies that stop glioblastoma from forming in its earliest stages - or from reoccurring.
A new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has found that blocking a gene that helps glioblastoma grow and spread may increase survival time (file image)
Gliobastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a rare, aggressive type of brain tumor that is found in the brain or on the spinal cord.
They form from star-shaped cells in the brain known as
