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Glioblastoma Therapy

New glioblastoma therapy research from A. Molinari and co-researchers described

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 6th, 2007

Researchers detail in "m-THPC-mediated photodynamic therapy of malignant gliomas: assessment of a new transfection strategy," new data in glioblastoma. According to recent research from Rome, Italy, "Malignant gliomas represent the most common primary brain tumor: more than 50% of them are glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Photodynamic therapy may offer a very good chance of targeted destruction of infiltrating GBM cells, thus increasing the survival time and recurrence-free interval of GBM patients."

"Among photosensitizing agents, meta-tetrahydroxyphenylchlorin (m-THPC) is promising for the treatment of brain tumors. In previous studies, we investigated the transfection...

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