Brain Cancer
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure and the Tug McGraw Foundation Fund UCSF Investigator, Dr. Joseph Costello
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 5th, 2007
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure and the Tug McGraw Foundation have jointly awarded a 2007 research grant to Dr. Joseph Costello from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Costello's project, "Evolution of a hypomethylated and hyerproliferative phenotype in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and its reversal by a high methyl-donor diet" is a cutting-edge in vivo exploration of how replenishing DNA methylation (the normal enzyme-mediated addition of methyl-groups to DNA, managed through diet) can affect GBM tumor growth.
"This grant provides me with an exceptional opportunity to conduct this study which, if successful, could lead to a novel and quickly available...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-06-05)
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