Former Neurosurgeon&academic scientist focused on brain tumor research. Now industrial R&D scientist. Daddy, amateur photographer & runner. Views are my own.
How do you expose ventral foramen magnum meningiomas extending to both sides? Unilateral far lateral craniotomy gets the job done. De-arterialize, debulk, then dissect it from cranial nerves, brainstem, vertebral arteries. The key: preserve delicate anterior spinal arteries originating from distal V4 segmentsβ¦
Our latest paper with the Bardeesy lab @MGHCancerCenter out recently in Science. We describe a novel immune MOA for inhibitors of mutant IDH1 involving the upregulation of transposable elements that are sensed by the cGAS-STING pathway.
https://t.co/dqImQzTJs6
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