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Students in leadership positions learn about brain tumors and gain real world experience in running a non-profit business while raising funds for brain tumor research. Beneficiaries of the money we raise are Barrow Neurological Institute, National Brain Tumor Society, Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Steele Childrens Research Center in Tucson, and Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). With your help we can make a difference. The intent of our website is to further our objectives of disseminating information about this disease process, stimulating more widespread involvement within our community through donating, volunteering and participating in one or more of our events, and publicizing and promoting this exceptional student-run organization.

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“Generosity is the flower of justice.”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help.”
— Mohamed Al-Fayed

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UCLA scientists discover potential combination treatment for brain cancer in adults
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 10/09/2017
Study found that the drug combination tested in mice disrupts and exploits glucose intake, essentially cutting off the tumor's nutrients and energy supply. This treatment then stimulates cell death pathways which control the cancer cells' fate and prevents the glioblastoma from getting bigger.

Supercomputers, Machine Learning Quickly Identify Brain Tumors
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 10/06/2017
A research group from the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center presented results of a new, fully automatic method combining biophysical models of tumor growth with machine learning algorithms for the analysis of Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging data of glioma patients.

Innovator of the Month: Blaze Bioscience uses scorpion venom to light up cancer tumors
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 10/05/2017
As a neurosurgeon at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Dr. Amy Lee imagines a day when she’s removing an invasive brain tumor from a child while looking at a screen shining brilliant green, showing her precisely where the tumor ends and the healthy brain tissue begins.

Scientists stop brain cancers’ growth by suppressing signal molecule
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 10/03/2017
The absence of a signaling molecule produced by the brain’s nerve cells stops the growth of certain brain tumors, according to a recent study by a group of researchers at Stanford’s School of Medicine.

New advances made in the pursuit of a brain cancer cure
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 10/02/2017
New research out of MIT has made great strides into discovering the fundamental mechanisms behind this form of brain tumor. They have now found the reasons behind why glioblastomas grow so aggressively.

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Researchers Are Working On A Blood Test To Help Find Brain Cancer
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 06/30/2017
New research has identified a specific change in the body’s immune system that may be a predictor of the most common cancerous brain tumors ― gliomas ― five years before an individual develops symptoms.

Drug discovered 20 years ago by MCG doctors still providing hope for cancer patients
Jason Hirsch, M.D. on 06/24/2017
A therapy based on a discovery there nearly 20 years ago is offering him and others a better quality of life and hope for the future.

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