News tagged with: brain-tumour
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![Dr Jon Gil Ranedo and Dr Claudia Barros, from the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence, will investigate how changes in glioma stem cells affect their vulnerability and whether that can be used to identify novel therapies]()
Research hopes to uncover new vulnerabilities in glioma tumour cells
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Researchers in our Brain Tumour Research Centre have been awarded funding to explore the role oncolytic viruses – which selectively infect and kill tumour cells – might play in the treatment of certain forms of brain tumour.
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Scientists receive £2.8m funding boost to advance research into brain tumours
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Already renowned as a hub for world-leading research into low-grade brain tumours, the University has received a five-year investment that will accelerate its progress towards clinical trials for tumour therapies
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![Libby Hasell-Williams, PhD research in the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, has received funding through the Young Investigator Award programme run by the the Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF)]()
Study explores enzymes’ role in brain tumour growth and therapies
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Researchers in the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence will complete a pre-clinical evaluation of three drugs already being used to target aldehydes in other conditions
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Pre-clinical testing hub enables researchers to unlock new opportunities for brain tumour therapies
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Funding from the Children’s Tumor Foundation will enable University researchers to pioneer a testing model focused on NF2-related schwannomatosis brain tumours
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Trial explores whether HIV and AIDS drugs could be used to treat brain tumours
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Scientists at our Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence are conducting a clinical trial to see whether using anti-retroviral medications could help people with Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2)
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Study offers new insights into earliest stages of brain tumour development
Dr Claudia Barros and her research team at the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ have uncovered 'readying' processes which occur just prior to brain tumour onset, but which could be vital for tumour growth.
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Research breakthrough could see HIV drugs used to treat low-grade brain tumours
New research shows that drugs developed to treat AIDS and HIV could offer hope to patients diagnosed with the most common form of primary brain tumour.
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Research breakthrough could see simple blood test replace surgery for some brain tumour patients
Researchers at the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ have discovered a biomarker which helps to distinguish whether meningioma – the most common form of adult primary brain tumour – is grade I or grade II.
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Saltram Rotary Club supports brain tumour PhD
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ University news: A PhD post at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ University investigating the causes of brain tumours, has received a donation from Saltram Rotary Club
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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ researchers in first ever UK collaborative brain tumour research workshop
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ University news: Organised by charity Brain Tumour Research, scientists from Â鶹Æƽâ°æ University joined colleagues from other brain tumour research institutions for the first ever UK brain tumour research workshop
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Teenager welcomes new Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Brain Tumour Research Centre
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: 15-year-old Jasmine Bayly from Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, who has an inoperable brain tumour, has welcomed the launch of the new Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence.
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Research brings us nearer to understanding how neuro cells turn cancerous
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: A new understanding of the mechanism that makes neuro cells turn cancerous brings us nearer to a treatment for brain/neuro tumours
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