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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 15, 2013
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  • ABTA monthly E-News is available to read at: http://hope.abta.org/site/MessageViewer? em_id=24121.0&dlv_id=32321 Subscribe to receive next months E-News delivered right to your inbox at: http://hope.abta.org/site/UserLogin?NEXT ...

Brain Tumor News May 14, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 14, 2013
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  • *OMRF Researchers Finding Some Hope in Anti-Brain Tumor Drug http://newsok.com/omrf-researchers-findi ng-some-hope-in-anti-brain-tumor-drug/ar ticle/3809147 *Scanning Technology Developed by UT Southwestern ...

Brain Tumor News - May 14, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted May 14, 2013
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  • OMRF Researchers Finding Some Hope in Anti-Brain Tumor Drug* http://newsok.com/omrf-researchers-findi ng-some-hope-in-anti-brain-tumor-drug/ar ticle/3809147 Scanning Technology Developed by UT Southwestern ...

Brain Tumor News May 7, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jillann · Posted May 7, 2013
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  • *American Brain Tumor Association-Funded Study Explores Survivorship Challenges http://www.timesunion.com/business/press -releases/article/American-Brain-Tumor-A ssociation-Funded-Study-4485943.php *A ...

Brain Tumor News - April 30, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 30, 2013
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  • Monteris Medical First-in-Humans Trial Published* http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/201 30429006143/en/brain-tumor/cancer/neuros urgery MRI Interventions’ ClearPoint ® System Helps Advance Brain Cancer ...

Brain Tumor News - April 26, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 26, 2013
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  • Researchers Uncover ‘Fingerprint’ of Breast Cancers that Spread to the Brain* http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-i nfo/news/archive/cancernews/2013-04-10-R esearchers-uncover-fingerprint-of-breast ...

Article on blood brain barrier and nasal mucosa

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  • By RobinMB · New reply April 25, 2013
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  • http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201 3/04/130424185207.htm ...

Brain Tumor News - April 23, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 23, 2013
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  • Radical Gene Therapy Gives Hope to Young Cancer Patients* http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-23/ge ne-therapy-used-to-treat-childhood-brain -cancer/4647230 Multi-Million Dollar Gift Establishes Brain ...

Brain Tumor News - April 19, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 19, 2013
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  • Nanoshells Covertly Deliver ‘Warriors’ to Metastatic Brain Tumors* http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID= 27153 D.C. Officials Postpone Vote on Hospital Cancer Treatment Options* http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-o ...

Brain Tumor News - April 18, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 18, 2013
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  • NW Bio Announces That Another Brain Cancer Patient From Phase I/II DCVax®-L Trials Has Surpassed Ten-Year Cancer Free Survival* http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-2013 0418-907696.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ...

Brain Tumor News - April 16, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 16, 2013
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  • Next-gen Sequencing Finds Brain Tumor Mutations* http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news /2013/04/next-gen-sequencing-finds-brain -tumor-mutations Study: New Process Converts Skin Cells into Brain Cells ...

Brain Tumor News - April 15, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 15, 2013
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  • Free downloadable 638-page book (20.55 Mb) on neuro oncology subjects entitled "Evolution of the molecular biology of brain tumors and the therapeutic implications"* http://www.intechopen.com/books/evolutio ...

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 15, 2013
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  • If you have unused, unneeded or expired medications and you'd like to get rid of them, consider participating in the National Take-Back Initiative.* The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled ...

Brain Tumor News - April 1, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · New reply April 12, 2013
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  • Mechanism of Mutant Histone Protein in Childhood Brain Cancer Revealed* http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2013/03/ 29/mutant-histone-childhood-brain-cancer -revealed/ Novel, Effective Brain Cancer Treatment ...

Brain Tumor News - April 12, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 12, 2013
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  • Promising Early Results for Activartis’ AV0113 in Glioblastoma* http://www.thepharmaletter.com/file/1213 64/promising-early-results-for-activarti s-av0113-in-glioblastoma.html Overactive Marker May Shorten ...

Brain Tumor News - April 11, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 11, 2013
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  • DelMar Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Results from VAL-083 Phase I/II Clinical Trial in GBM Patients* http://www.news-medical.net/news/2013041 1/DelMar-Pharmaceuticals-reports-positiv e-results-from-VAL-083-Phase-III-clinica ...

Brain Tumor News - April 10, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 10, 2013
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  • Agenus’ Brain Cancer Vaccine Results to be Presented at Plenary Sessions of the 81st American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting* http://www.marketwatch.com/story/agenus ...

Brain Tumor News - April 9, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 9, 2013
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  • Certain Brain Tumors Develop Drug Resistance By Exploiting Normal Cellular Signaling Pathways* http://www.news-medical.net/news/2013040 9/Certain-brain-tumors-develop-drug-resi stance-by-exploiting-normal-cellular-sig ...

Brain Tumor News - April 4, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · New reply April 5, 2013
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  • Grant to Boost Brain Cancer Research* http://www.windsorstar.com/Grant+boost+b rain+cancer+research/8192868/story.html Cell Phone Radiation Health Risks: U.S. To Reexamine Potential Effects Of Radio Waves ...

Brain Tumor News - April 3, 2013

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  • By ABTA_Jennifer · Posted April 3, 2013
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  • On the Frontiers of Brain Research* http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/opinio n/obama-makes-a-giant-leap-for-brain-res earch.html?ref=opinion NeuroBlate System for Brain Tumors Receives Regulatory Approval ...

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