EUREKA Grant
Barun Brahma, M.D., Tobey MacDonald, M.D., and Ravi Bellamkonda, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech) collaborate on research using nanomedicine to trap the migrating cells in brain tumors. The EUREKA grant was awarded to the Georgia Institue of Technology to enable the design of a treatment for brain tumors that would direct moving tumor cells through a scaffold to a sink, located on the brain’s surface beneath the dura, which would contain a drug to kill the cells.
- Peds Winter 2010 issue features the article "Brain Exvaders," which discusses the novel bioengineering solution aimed at pediatric brain tumors.
- Reporter Newspapers interview Children's neurosurgeon, Dr. Brahma, about the exciting new research to remove brain tumors involving teams from Children's, Georgia Tech and Emory University School of Medicine.
Stem Cells
Tracy-Ann Read, Ph.D., Research Scientist, is studying medulloblastoma and cancer stem cells in the central nervous system, in conjunction with Emory Department of Neurosurgery.
Nanomedicine
Barun Brahma, M.D., Pediatric Neurosurgeon, and Ravi Bellamkonda, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech) are conducting a donor funded research study to use nano-technology to better assist surgeons in distinguishing brain tumors form healthy brain tissue.
Drug Therapy
Tobey MacDonald, M.D., Director, Neuro-Oncology Program, is leading a study to develop a drug therapy to stop the spread of medulloblastoma as an alternative to radiation therapy.