{"id":2661,"date":"2020-07-20T12:50:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:50:18","slug":"brain-cancer-scientists-identify-gene-responsible-for-deadly-glioblastoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bims\/brain-cancer-scientists-identify-gene-responsible-for-deadly-glioblastoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Cancer: Scientists Identify Gene Responsible For Deadly Glioblastoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"University of Virginia scientists have identified an oncogene (a cancer-causing gene) responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor. The discovery offers a promising new treatment target for a cancer that is always fatal.<\/p>\n

The researchers say the oncogene is essential to the survival of the cancer cells. Without it, the cancer cells die. Scientists have already developed many targeted therapies for other cancers with a similar \u201concogene addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGlioblastoma is one of the most deadly cancers. Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment option for the disease,\u201d said researcher Hui Li of the\u00a0UVA School of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0UVA Cancer Center<\/a>. \u201cThe current standard option,\u00a0radiation plus temozolomide, which displayed a 2.5-month-better survival rate, was hailed as a great success. Clearly, better understanding and new therapeutic targets are urgently needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe novel oncogene we discovered promises to be an Achilles\u2019 heel of glioblastoma, with its specific targeting potentially an effective approach for the treatment of the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full story by Josh Barney at UVA Today, 7\/14\/20<\/a> (Contributed photo).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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