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Mavericks & Lions Wanted: Remembering Senators John McCain & Ted Kennedy and America’s Stake in the Fight Against Glioblastoma What we can learn from Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy on the shared anniversary of their respective passings, both from glioblastoma August 25, 2019

A Missing Link to Glioblastoma Growth? An enzyme that serves as a link between oncogenes and the lipids that make-up cells’ membranes may be an important new drug target to treat glioblastoma and other tumors Glioblastoma, like all cancers, develops and progresses as cells begin to multiply and grow out of control, forming a tumor.  Mutations to a protein known as […] August 6, 2019

Awareness Abounds: Inaugural Glioblastoma Awareness Day Moves & Inspires A week removed from the first-ever Glioblastoma Awareness Day (#GBMDay), the stories and experiences recounted last Wednesday, Jul 17, are still reverberating across the nation. As we said as the day drew to a close, the inaugural #GBMDay is a new beginning. Thanks to the brain tumor community’s fervent advocacy and action, #GBMDay became a […] July 24, 2019

Gliogene: Confronting the Unknown Through Research As the saying goes, knowledge is power. But, sometimes, it can also be scary. “Oh, it’s horrible!” says Carrie Davis about her quest, which she shares with her sister Hadley, to help better understand links between inheritable genes and brain tumors. She continues, “Every time I get a headache I think I have a brain […] July 23, 2019

Conversation Starters: Lisa O’Leary and Adam Hayden Discuss Their New Virtual Support Forum It’s hard to imagine there is anyone more committed to the brain tumor community than Adam Hayden or Lisa O’Leary. If you read this blog, follow social media conversations about brain tumors (#BTSM), attend Head to the Hill, or read cancer-focused publications, you’re likely already familiar with their names. They tweet; they post on Facebook […] June 24, 2019