Cell division is a pivotal moment in the life cycle of a cell: when things go wrong, the cell typically triggers growth arrest or its own self-destruction. Researchers have now discovered a previously ...

For the treatment of glioblastoma, immunotherapy represents a promising, though complex, avenue. Due to the tumour’s highly ...

Our expert discusses brain tumor, its symptoms, and what steps to take if you or a loved one is facing this diagnosis.

Was Dikembe Mutombo on the flight? Mike Riley wondered as he stood in the waiting area at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. It was the late 1980s, when you could walk right up ...

Dikembe Mutombo flew 8-year-old Matadi from the Congo to the US and is paying for surgery to remove his tumor 🙏 He was instrumental in building the Biamba Mari Mutombo Hospital there, named in honor ...

“The most traumatic moment ever to hear your child has a brain bleed and you don’t know how it happened,” one mother said. This mother said a doctor noticed something wrong with her ...

The Defense Department does not have good data on the number of troops with blast overpressure problems, which are much harder to detect than a traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries are ...

New details have emerged about how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. Researchers led by the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and University of Washington Medicine have ...

A sacrococcygeal teratoma is a tumor that forms on the tailbone during fetal development, according to Texas Children's Hospital. The tumor can be life-threatening for the baby as it can cause ...

Melanoma can spread to many tissues in your body including your brain. Treatment for melanoma that has spread to the brain usually focuses on prolonging life and reducing symptoms. Melanoma is the ...

“It took an eternity until mathematicians finally invented zero as a number.” Perhaps that’s no surprise given that the concept can be difficult for the brain to grasp. It takes children longer to ...