“Finding New Targets in Microenvironment of Malignant Brain Tumors ”
Gliomas are malignant cancers that originate in the brain and have very poor prognosis. The focus of our research is to understand and target the mechanisms by which glioma cells interact with normal brain cells and modify the neural environment to their advantage. This lecture will describe mechanisms of glioma growth and invasion identified in our laboratory and will outline novel therapeutic strategies against malignant brain tumors.