News tagged with: brain-tumour-research
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Trial explores whether HIV and AIDS drugs could be used to treat brain tumours
University of Plymouth 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 University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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.
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Researcher expands work developing new diagnostics and therapeutics to aid in the fight against brain tumours
University of Plymouth news: Dr Mahmoud Labib is exploring the potential for pioneering analytical tools to be used more extensively in the development of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics
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Supporters welcomed back to see University’s pioneering research into brain tumours
The University of Plymouth’s Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence has welcomed supporters for tours of its labs for the first time since the pandemic began.
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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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New technology to aid medical research and discovery
Funding from the Wolfson Foundation will support a new state of the art mass spectrometer.
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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 University of Plymouth 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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New 3D, 360-degree lab tour explores vital brain tumour research
Created by Brain Tumour Research, the tour explores the University's unique research into slow-growing tumours
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Plymouth scientist supports MP’s call for emergency charity research funding
A leading University academic has lent his weight to a letter calling on the government to provide emergency funding to support research carried out at three centres run by charity Brain Tumour Research, including one at the University.
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Research sheds new light on how brain stem cells are activated
New research led by the University of Plymouth helps to shed new light on the mechanisms used by neural stem cells to ‘wake up’. The study shows promise for future neural stem cell therapies in replacing cells lost through disease or injury.