BREAKTHROUGH IN BRAIN CANCER

Researchers at the University of Queensland and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have identified a protein which can a ect the growth of brain cancer. Queensland Brain Institute Deputy Director, Professor Linda Richards, says low levels of NFIB protein were linked with poor survival in the most fatal form of brain cancer – glioblastoma (GBM). “Our study identified that increasing the level of NFIB in human brain cancer cells stopped the cancer from growing,” says Professor Richards. “This opens the door for long-term research into whether we can prevent the cancers in the first place.”