CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Scientists at the University of Virginia say they have identified a small molecule that shuts down a gene driving glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and lethal brain cancers.
In lab studies on mice, the molecule slowed the cancer without harming healthy brain cells. Researchers say the treatment is still years away from human use, but early results suggest it could stop the cancer from spreading through the brain and potentially be taken as a pill.
The research builds on a 2020 discovery of a powerful oncogene called AVIL that drives glioblastoma tumors…