Hyundai invests $400,000 in pediatric cancer research
鈥淭his could positively impact care for children with brain tumors by improving their quality of life,鈥� said Theodore Johnson, MD, PhD.
鈥淭his could positively impact care for children with brain tumors by improving their quality of life,鈥� said Theodore Johnson, MD, PhD.
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents recently approved David C. Hess, MD, David Munn, MD, and Babak Baban, PhD, as the first three 51吃瓜黑料曝料 faculty researchers to be named Regents鈥� Entrepreneurs for their success in translating research into a commercial setting to improve patient care.
The first in-human study of a new immunotherapy that blocks a natural enzyme that tumors commandeer for their protection was well tolerated by children with relapsed brain tumors and enabled many to have unexpected months of a more normal life, researchers say.
鈥淏axter loved superheroes because of their superpowers,鈥� said Brook Duddy, Baxter鈥檚 mom. 鈥淭hey could do things ordinary people could not do. So, we told him the radiation was turning him into a superhero to fight his cancer.鈥�