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Immunotherapy offers hope for brain cancer Cardiff: Researchers now believe that immunotherapy, which harnesses the immune system to target cancer cells, could be a turning point in the treatment of glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is a naturally occurring tumour that belongs to...
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Immunotherapy offers hope for brain cancer

Cardiff: Researchers now believe that immunotherapy, which harnesses the immune system to target cancer cells, could be a turning point in the treatment of glioblastoma. Glioblastoma is a naturally occurring tumour that belongs to a group of brain tumours called “gliomas” that originate and grow in the brain and spinal cord. Standard treatments for glioblastoma – like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy – are often only temporarily effective. The tumours are highly resistant to these treatments due to the cancer’s ability to suppress immune responses and the presence of the blood-brain barrier, which restricts most drugs from reaching the brain.

14 killed in lightning strike in Uganda

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Kampala: Fourteen people were killed in a lightning strike in a refugee camp in northern Uganda, police said Sunday. The incident happened Saturday in the remote district of Lamwo. Police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said 34 other people were injured. The victims have not yet been identified, he said. The residents of the Palabek settlement camp, which primarily houses refugees from South Sudan, had been attending a prayer service in the makeshift metallic structure when the lighting struck.

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