The National Institute for Cancer Research has joined this year’s edition of the Week of the Brain festival, which is organized by the Czech Academy of Sciences during the so-called Brain Awareness Week. The lecture by Ivan Melezínek, titled “Brain Tumors and Modern Technology,” drew the interest of the audience, and its capacity was quickly reached after the program was announced.
Dr. Melezínek (Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University) spoke about the most common brain tumor – glioblastoma. Is it possible to avoid this tumor? Can we cause it with our everyday use of mobile phones now? What are the current treatment options for glioblastoma, and can it actually be cured? Answers to these questions and more were given.
NICR also published a series of five videos about the collaboration of its institutions in brain tumor research. These feature researchers from the Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, and the Central European Institute of Technology at the Masaryk University.
Týden mozku (Week of the Brain) is a unique cycle of lectures on the newest discoveries and trends in brain research and neuroscience, which is a part of the Brain Awareness Week (BAW), the world’s largest public awareness campaign on the success and benefits of brain research. The Week of the Brain in the Czech Republic was initiated and established by the Czech neuroscientist Professor Josef Syka in 1998.
