Glioblastoma

Reports outline glioblastoma research from University Medical Center

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 26th, 2010

"Glioblastoma multiforme is the most prevalent type of adult brain tumor and one of the deadliest tumors known to mankind. The genetic understanding of glioblastoma multiforme is, however, limited, and the molecular mechanisms that facilitate glioblastoma multiforme cell survival and growth within the tumor microenvironment are largely unknown," scientists in the United States report.

"We applied digital karyotyping and single nucleotide polymorphism arrays to screen for copy-number changes in glioblastoma multiforme samples and found that the most frequently amplified region is at chromosome 7p11.2. The high resolution of digital karyotyping and single nucleotide...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-01-26)

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