News tagged with: brain-tumour-research
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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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Study explores why some drug therapies are ineffective for brain tumour patients
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: New research at the University, supported by the ChildrenÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™s Tumor Foundation, will trial combinations of drugs to try and find the first effective non-surgical treatments for patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)
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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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University research paves the way for more personalised and effective brain tumour treatments
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Researchers in our Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence are leading studies into the development and treatment of meningioma
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University celebrates a decade of funding for brain tumour research
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Over the past 10 years and more, the UniversityÂÌñ»»ÆÞ™s research has been significant in helping advance understanding of brain tumours and develop potential treatments
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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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Blood cancer drug could make radiotherapy on brain tumours more effective
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: A study at the University's Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence found drugs developed to fight blood and other cancers could improve the efficiency of radiotherapy in low-grade 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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Young man with inoperable brain tumour visits University research centre
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Young man with inoperable brain tumour visits University research centre. Jack Carter came to meet scientists focused on finding a cure.
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Scientists devise new technique that can pinpoint the causes and treatments of autoimmune diseases
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ news: Dr Mahmoud Labib, Lecturer in the Peninsula Medical School, is the main inventor of a potentially transformative new technique that could aid in the discovery and development of new therapeutics.