ted kennedy

(Washington University in St. Louis) An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Karen L.

Wooley, Ph.D., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, is a step closer to delivering cancer-killing drugs to pediatric brain tumors, similar to the tumor that Senator Ted Kennedy is suffering from.

They developed polymeric nanoparticles that can entrap doxorubicin, a drug commonly used in chemotherapy, and slowly release the drug over an extended time.

Sen. Ted Kennedy's illness, as well as questions about the possible effects of cell phone use, have kept brain tumors in the news.

Dr. Isabelle M. Germano, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai who studies brain tumors, offers a primer on detection and treatment.

Like most people, I was stunned by the news Sen. Ted Kennedy had a seizure and was later diagnosed with advanced brain cancer.

I also thought about how having a seizure followed by a diagnosis of brain cancer was something we had in common.