One-year-old Gianna Masciantonio’s stunning recovery from a brain tumor that threatened her life at birth is due to a divine intervention by Pope Francis.
Researchers Identify Drug To Halt The Spread Of Deadly Brain Tumors
The drug, propentofylline or PPF, limits the spread of glioblastoma multiforme, a common primary tumor of the brain and central nervous system by targeting a protein called TROY.
The drug, propentofylline or PPF, limits the spread of glioblastoma multiforme, a common primary tumor of the brain and central nervous system by targeting a protein called TROY.
‘Parents of one-year-old baby girl says their daughter's inoperable brain tumor shrank after a moment with Pope Francis.’
Gianna’s brain tumor was thought to be inoperable, and doctors had given her only months to live. The tumor formed after her blood-like cells attacked her brain stem weeks after she was born. Gianna’s mother, Kristen, had dreamed of her daughter meeting the pope. "She was just dead-set," Joey said. "I'm the dad who didn't want to see the pope."
Two months after the papal visit, there are barely any signs of the tumor in Gianna’s brain, the Masciantonio family told NBC Philadelphia. “I think this is all from God. I believe the Pope is a messenger from God,” her father Joey Masciantonio said.
Recurrent Brain Tumor Induced by a Gene Mutation Can be Treated Using Targeted Therapy
Craniopharyngiomas are pituitary tumors that can cause lifelong problems like visual defects, impaired intellectual function and pituitary dysfunction.
Craniopharyngiomas are pituitary tumors that can cause lifelong problems like visual defects, impaired intellectual function and pituitary dysfunction.
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Pope Francis Diagnosed With Brain Tumor? Japanese Specialist Denies Treating Pope
Francis was diagnosed with a small but curable brain tumor and the diagnosis was made by Fukushima, who had flown to visit the Pope at the Vatican city.
Francis was diagnosed with a small but curable brain tumor and the diagnosis was made by Fukushima, who had flown to visit the Pope at the Vatican city.
Non-Invasive 'Brain Palpation' may Aid Early Detection of Alzheimer's, Brain Tumor
If this method can be developed for clinical use, it will be a boon, since making the brain vibrate is quite painful at the moment.
If this method can be developed for clinical use, it will be a boon, since making the brain vibrate is quite painful at the moment.
