Extracellular vesicles: a potential vehicle towards blood tests for brain tumor detection?

A team of researchers led by Professor Georgios Giamas at the University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) has reported on the identification of blood sample extracellular vesicle biomarkers that could indicate the presence of an aggressive form of brain tumors known as glioblastomas.  With over 11,000 diagnoses of a primary brain tumor in the UK each year, glioblastomas are the most common high-grade primary brain tumor in adults. These forms of brain tumors grow and spread extraordinarily quickly and, as a result, a fast and early diagnosis is essential for successful treatment.  Giamas stated:  “Currently, glioblastoma detection relies on the display of symptoms,...