A single genetic abnormality found in more than two-thirds of supratentorial ependymomas, a deadly class of pediatric brain tumors, does far more than activate one inflammatory pathway. The ZFTA-RELA ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, and ...

OAKLAND -- Seven year old Scarlett Wecks is beating the odds. When she was diagnosed with a brain tumor shortly after birth, doctors gave her little chance for survival. "The prognosis was not good.

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital and ...

An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, McGill University and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered what drives the ...

Few things are as frightening for a parent as hearing that their child has a brain tumor. Names like medulloblastoma and ependymoma are overwhelming on their own. But for some families, the diagnosis ...

The FDA's breakthrough therapy designation accelerates the development of B7-H3 targeting CAR-T cell therapy for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Promising phase 1 trial data from ...

A New National Running Movement to Support Kids with Brain Cancer Kids with brain cancer don’t get to choose their ...

Imani Dell seemed like a happy, healthy 6-year-old. She loved bedtime stories and Chuck E. Cheese. She was energetic and cheerful whether she was at school or home with her parents. In May 2024, she ...

THAT’S EXCITING. YEAH. TODAY, A SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR A CENTRAL IOWA WOMAN. IT MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE HER FIRST BRAIN SURGERY TO REMOVE A LARGE TUMOR. NEW AT FOUR. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM SHARES HOW SHE’S ...