National Brain Tumor Society is dedicated to assisting our constituents navigate the latest advances in brain tumor research. We believe that it is critical to keep patients and their families informed regarding scientific breakthroughs and trends that may ultimately impact treatment options. The following perspective papers serve to inform, share, and highlight research being discussed and debated by the brain tumor scientific community.
NBTS Embraces a 'Systems Biology' Approach to Research
March 2010
Brain tumor research, particularly relating to glioblastoma (GBM), has yielded much data in recent years and revealed so many levels of biological complexities that NBTS is pursuing a systems biology approach to brain tumor research. Systems biology focuses on biological systems as a whole, rather than following the traditional avenue of considering individual genes, proteins, parts of an organism, or interaction of a limited number of these. We are optimistic about the positive impact this new approach will bring and offer more details in our newly released Perspectives in Research. To lend support to the brain tumor research community NBTS is proud to announce a 2010 Systems Biology RFA - 2010 Systems Biology Application and Guidelines
