Category: Science blog August 13, 2018 1 comment
Growing ‘mini brains’ in dishes is just one of the innovative ways our scientists are studying brain tumours in the lab. Find out how this could lead to new...
Category: Science blog July 31, 2018 1 comment
Scientists are slowly uncovering what makes brain tumours tick. Combining this information with research on the healthy brain could lead to new treatments.
Category: Science blog July 12, 2018 1 comment
Brain tumours are heavily influenced by their surroundings so understanding the environment they’re in could reveal ways to destroy them.
Category: Science blog July 2, 2018 1 comment
DIPG is a fatal childhood brain tumour. But our scientists are unpicking its biology in the hope of finding new ways to tackle this hard to treat cancer.
Category: Science blog June 28, 2018 4 comments
From targeting cancer stem cells to reawakening sleeping cells, research is finding the answers to how brain tumours develop.
Category: Science blog May 29, 2018 0 comments
A genome, a gene and a chromosome are all structures of DNA. The difference between them is the amount of DNA they contain.
Category: Science blog May 1, 2018 6 comments
Brain tumour researchers face many challenges that are holding up progress. Find out how we’re bringing scientists together to overcome them.
Category: Science blog April 12, 2018 0 comments
Our scientists have tracked the evolution of kidney cancers. Find out how this could help patients in the future.
Category: Science blog March 4, 2018 5 comments
Our new research partnership is exploring common ground between arthritis and cancer, which could bring benefits to patients on both sides.
Category: Science blog February 7, 2018 13 comments
Our researchers have discovered a way to halt breast cancer spread in mice, by blocking a molecule called asparagine. But what does this mean for patients?
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