News tagged with: brain-tumour
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Research hopes to uncover new vulnerabilities in glioma tumour cells
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Researchers in our Brain Tumour Research Centre have been awarded funding to explore the role oncolytic viruses ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ which selectively infect and kill tumour cells ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 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
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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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Study explores enzymesÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™ role in brain tumour growth and therapies
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Researchers in the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™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
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Funding from the ChildrenÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™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
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ have discovered a biomarker which helps to distinguish whether meningioma ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ the most common form of adult primary brain tumour ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ is grade I or grade II.
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Saltram Rotary Club supports brain tumour PhD
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ University news: A PhD post at ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ University investigating the causes of brain tumours, has received a donation from Saltram Rotary Club
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ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ researchers in first ever UK collaborative brain tumour research workshop
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ University news: Organised by charity Brain Tumour Research, scientists from ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ 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 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Brain Tumour Research Centre
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: 15-year-old Jasmine Bayly from ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, who has an inoperable brain tumour, has welcomed the launch of the new ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence.
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Research brings us nearer to understanding how neuro cells turn cancerous
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: A new understanding of the mechanism that makes neuro cells turn cancerous brings us nearer to a treatment for brain/neuro tumours