Glioblastoma

Researchers have developed an innovative mRNA nanoparticle therapy utilizing mannose coatings to cross the blood-brain barrier and precisely target aggressive glioblastoma brain tumors in mice.

Israeli TV host Einat Ehrlich, 57, announced she has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a brain tumor, following successful surgery at Ichilov Hospital.

New hope for patients with recurrent glioblastoma: Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem has begun, for the first time in Israel, treating recurrent brain tumors using alpha radiation delivered directly into the tumor. The experimental procedure was performed on a 77-year-old patient as part of a clinical study.

The innovative treatment was administered to a patient with recurrent glioblastoma as part of a clinical trial at Hadassah Ein Kerem. During the procedure, doctors for the first time in the world inserted alpha radiation sources into the tumor from two paths simultaneously, aiming to achieve more precise coverage of the cancerous area. The CEO of the developing company stated: "For us, it has...