Each month Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Jon Weingart comments on news from the field of neurosurgery, discussing new discoveries and research in the context of the larger picture of current practice. Brain Matters is created with an eye toward informing both patients and practitioners in their decision making.
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Each month Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Jon Weingart comments on news from the field of neurosurgery, discussing new discoveries and research in the context of the larger picture of current practice. Brain Matters is created with an eye toward informing both patients and practitioners in their decision making.
This month Michael Lim, MD, talks about using viruses and other aspects of immunotherapy for brain tumors.
Program notes:
0:22 Polio virus and brain tumor treatment
1:21 Genetically modify viruses to attack tumors
2:21 Implanted melanoma tumors
3:22 Myeloid cells play an important role
4:23 May not need a neurotropic virus
5:25 Timeline relative to tumor development
6:28 At one point one drug cocktail but a different one at another
7:23 Building on fantastic data from other tumors
8:10 End
Brain Matters – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
Each month Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Jon Weingart comments on news from the field of neurosurgery, discussing new discoveries and research in the context of the larger picture of current practice. Brain Matters is created with an eye toward informing both patients and practitioners in their decision making.
