Animal study shows depriving deadly brain cancer of cholesterol kills tumour cells.

Adult brain cancers are almost always universally fatal, due in part to the biochemical composition of the central nervous system and the blood-brain barrier, which selectively and protectively limits the passage of molecules from the body into the brain, and also blocks most existing chemotherapies, contributing to treatment failure.  Glioblastomas (GBMs), the most common and most aggressive form of brain cancer, are extremely difficult to treat. … Continue reading Animal study shows depriving deadly brain cancer of cholesterol kills tumour cells.