#glioblastoma

#glioblastoma

Debbie lived fully, authentically, and with purpose. When she was diagnosed with brain cancer, she adopted the motto "no day but today," inspired by one of her favorite musicals, "Rent." While going through treatment, she wrote, read, traveled, danced, exercised, baked, ate what she wanted, and cherished her time with family and her large circle of friends, all of whom loved her distinctive laugh.

Aoibheann has brought together scientific areas of medicine with computer science to improve the chances of early intervention for people with brain cancer.

Experiments show that many brain tumours called glioblastomas grab serine, a crucial amino acid, from their environment rather than synthesizing it themselves: a metabolic Achilles' heel. The scientists fed mice with certain kinds of glioblastoma a diet that lacked serine and found that the rodents' tumours, unable to get their fix the usual way, grew more slowly. The animals also lived longer.

In recent videos posted to a now-private TikTok account, Emily Long spoke candidly about her husband's treatment for the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma, including his seizures, increased irritability, and struggle to find the right regimen of medications.