Combating glioblastoma with vitamin B3-based radiotheranostics

Bidragets beskrivning

Brain cancers are deadly and difficult to treat. Many complicated drugs have been tested but failed. Surprisingly, vitamin B3 has recently shown promise for treating brain cancers, but no one knows how it exactly works. Our project is to add a label on vitamin B3 to track its behavior in the body, and the labeled vitamin B3 will be used for brain cancer diagnosis and radiotherapy. Vitamin B3 is found in our daily food; our results will advise how to prevent and treat brain tumors with food or food supplements.
Visa mer

Startår

2025

Slutår

2029

Beviljade finansiering

Xiang-Guo Li Orcid -palvelun logo
547 416 €

Finansiär

Finlands Akademi

Typ av finansiering

Akademiprojekt

Beslutfattare

Forskningsrådet för biovetenskap, hälsa och miljö
16.06.2025

Övriga uppgifter

Finansieringsbeslutets nummer

368560

Vetenskapsområden

Farmaci

Forskningsområden

Farmasia