Category: Research

Recently, we were given the exciting opportunity to visit a research laboratory at Oxford University, headed by Professor Daniel Ebner, where they are using state-of-the-art robots to help in the fight against glioblastoma.

The Ways Ahead project aims to find ways to support, and improve quality of life for those diagnosed with a lower-grade brain tumour. It also explores ways to help friends and family who are supporting those diagnosed.

We are pleased to announce the two researchers who have been awarded our latest Expanding Theories grant!

What happened to the £40m of Government funding that was committed to research into brain tumours in 2018?

Research that we funded nearly 20 years ago laid the foundations for last week’s approval of dabrafenib and trametinib to treat childhood gliomas.

CAR-T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that may be promising for treating brain tumours. There is lots of research in this field across the globe and it may one day be used more widely to treat this devastating disease.

The Brain Tumour Charity are delighted to announce a new partnership with two Family Led Charities that share the same aims of improving outcomes for children diagnosed with high grade brain tumours

Peter Buckle is a patient advocate and has worked with several teams, including the ARISTOCRAT team to champion research and clinical trials.

Living with a lower-grade glioma has a profound impact on those diagnosed, and their families. This is well documented anecdotally but needs to be scientifically addressed so that everyone affected by a brain tumour diagnosis gets the help and support they need.

Donations made in memory of Emily, who died from the most aggressive form of childhood cancer, will fund research aimed at improving survival rates for the disease.

A new nanosurgical tool – about 500 times thinner than a human hair – could help us understand how glioblastomas become resistant to radio- and chemotherapy. Up until now, no other technology has been able to do this.

In 2019, we awarded £2.96 million to Professor Neil Carragher in collaboration with Cancer Research UK as part of £6 million of funding for vital research into glioblastoma.

Dr Veronica Rendo, a researcher funded by The Brain Tumour Charity, shared the findings of her work at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology.

We are pleased to announce that The Brain Tumour Charity has joined the Cancer Tech Accelerator 3.0 as a new funding partner!

Recent research suggests that there could be a new treatment on the horizon for some children diagnosed with low and high-grade gliomas.

Two of our funded researchers have won awards at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) annual conference!

Natalie McKenna-Mounty was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2020, her tumour returned in June this year, and now she is supporting our new research funding to find better glioblastoma treatments.

We are pleased to announce the two researchers who have been awarded the Junior Fellowship grant – the second award in our Future Leaders programme!

The Be More Laura Foundation has donated to The Brain Tumour Charity £25,000 to help fund our pioneering ARISTOCRAT clinical trial in memory of Laura Nuttall.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield ran the Sheffield 10K on 24th September to raise money for us, a charity close to their hearts.

This Black History Month we’re examining ways The Brain Tumour Charity can help work towards making participation in medical research more inclusive.

Researchers involved in the Tessa Jowell BRAIN MATRIX study are calling for improvements to speed up the way brain tumours are diagnosed.

We are pleased to announce that we have awarded £4.5 million to three new, exciting research initiatives.

Experts at University College London, Queen Mary University of London and Great Ormond Street Hospital are to develop pioneering treatments for children diagnosed with low-grade brain tumours.