Researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center found that amyloid beta, a protein known to build-up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, helps melanoma cells thrive when they have spread to the brain. The study authors focused on melanoma because it metastasizes to the brain in 40% of patients with stage IV disease.
Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have been awarded five grants from NCI in 2024, totaling $4.6 million.
