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Novel cancer drug reduces neuroblastoma growth by 75 percent EurekAlert! Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:58 PM PDT ( University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center ) Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found a new drug that restricts the growth of neuroblastoma, a childhood brain cancer. The pre-clinical study was presented today in the plenary session at the 22nd annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Help Zlata! St. Petersburg Times Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:44 PM PDT A donation campaign in support of two-year-old Zlata Chernoknizhnaya. At the end of 2006 it was discovered that Zlata was suffering from a malignant brain tumor. For a year and a half the girl underwent chemotherapy in hospital. But the tumor continued to grow. Farmers Show Fertilizer At Center Of Tumor Suit KMBC-TV Kansas City Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:59 PM PDT Some farmers in DeKalb County showed off the fertilizer that is at the center of a lawsuit in the Cameron brain tumor controversy. New suit filed in Mo. over tumors Kirksville Daily Express Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT Erin Brockovich discusses potential brain tumor causes with Cameron residents DTI allows radiologists to see areas of the brain rarely seen using other imaging modalities EurekAlert! Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:43 PM PDT ( American Roentgen Ray Society ) Radiologists are now able to look at parts of the brain using diffusion tensor imaging that are rarely visible with any other imaging method, according to a study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass. Parents Deserve A Say Newtown Bee Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:40 AM PDT I have brain cancer and came to this meeting to support my bus drivers during the week that I take chemotherapy. I have five children, four currently in the school system and have found Phil Carrol and Paul Miles to be extraordinarily kind and helpful. UPDATE: Hudson school bus driver dies from accident injuries Hudson Star-Observer Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:37 AM PDT Cheryl Joy Moilanen died Thursday morning at Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul from brain injuries sustained in a Feb. 5 accident at the MR Convenience station-store in the town of Hudson. Advertisement: PERKINS RESTAURANT & BAKERY TREAT YOUR MOM! Treat your Mom this Mother's Day at Perkin's in Red Wing! 20% OFF MOM'S MEAL Ion channel turns ear on its head PhysOrg Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:03 AM PDT Scientists thought they had a good model to explain how the inner ear translates vibrations in the air into sounds heard by the brain. Now, based on new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, it looks like parts of the model are wrong. Diffusion Tensor Imaging Allows Radiologists to See Areas of the Brain Rarely Seen Using Other Imaging Modalities Newswise Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:45 AM PDT Radiologists are now able to look at parts of the brain using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) that are rarely visible with any other imaging method, according to a study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. Brain-Twitter project offers hope to paralyzed patients CNN Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:14 AM PDT Adam Wilson posted two messages on Twitter on April 15. The first one, "GO BADGERS," might have been sent by any University of Wisconsin-Madison student cheering for the school team.

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