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Niacin might help in combating Glioblastoma  Glioblastomas are difficult to treat in part as the brain’s immune cells are stifled and unable to attack against tumors. A research team of the University of Calgary in Canada revealed that a common vitamin might help resolve the issue. The researchers presented, in a study that was published in Science Translational Medicine, niacin aka as vitamin B3, can excite immune cells that are otherwise conceded by brain tumors. When the mice were treated with niacin, the number of immune cells got increased in the tumour and tumour size was reduced with extended survival. The prognosis for Glioblastoma continues to b...