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Glioma Therapy
Researchers from Shanghai University detail findings in glioma therapy
June 17th, 2008
A new study, 'Down-regulation of Stat3 induces apoptosis of human glioma cell: a potential method to treat brain cancer,' is now available. According to a study from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "Glioma is the most common brain tumor in central nervous system. Traditional therapies are not effective to cure this disease." "Stat3 is a member of the signal transducer and activator of transcription family, and it has the potential to mediate cell survival, growth and differentiation. In this study, we testified that Stat3 was constitutively expressed in glioma cell line SHG44 and then investigated the role of a low level of Stat3 expression in glioma cells by...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-17)
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