# New hope for treating childhood brain cancer

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**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/new-hope-for-treating-childhood-brain-cancer/2198 "2019-04-05T14:41:15Z")\
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> **[New hope for treating childhood brain cancer](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190404165102.htm)**
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> Recent research has shown that a drug known as MI-2 can kill cells that cause a fatal brain cancer. But only now have scientists been able to explain how the compound works: by targeting cholesterol production in tumors.

  
Recent research has shown that a drug known as MI-2 can kill cells that cause a fatal brain cancer. But only now have scientists been able to explain how the compound works: by targeting cholesterol production in tumors.