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Childhood brain cancer research breakthrough could transform treatment, international study finds | Emory University | Atlanta GA

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Brain cancer is the second -leading cause of death in children in the developed world.

Emory University and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute study shows a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

The drug CT-179 was shown to target a specific subset of tumor cells responsible for recurrence and therapy resistance in pediatric brain cancer.

Day said the next step is to undertake clinical trials. “We've been working with our collaborators, particularly in the U.S. and Australia , and we're very hopeful that the culmination of all this work has paved the way for the first in-human clinical testing of CT-179 in patients with brain cancer,” Day says. The international collaboration included institutions in Canada , Australia , the U.S. , Korea and Sweden ..