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Fiona started the petition to call the Government to tackle hard to treat childhood cancers after her grandson died from a brain tumour.

The Brain Tumour Charity is curating and facilitating a series of 60-minute webinars for researchers. The webinars feature experts in the brain tumour field speaking on a wide range of current topics.

Researchers are pioneering a promising use of focused ultrasound against glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumour.

Researchers have developed a new ‘liquid biopsy’ blood test to diagnose brain tumours, which could reduce the need for invasive procedures.

The human genome contains nearly 22,000 genes and various studies have explored the nearly 2% of DNA that creates proteins. Far less is known about the remaining 98% of DNA that does not encode protein.

A new machine learning approach can classify gliomas, a common type of brain tumour, into low or high grades with almost 98% accuracy, researchers report in the journal IEEE Access.

Australia is joining the clinical trial to test a new treatment in children with brain cancer. The trial will be led by Sydney Children’s Hospital.

Around 2.4 million people in the UK are waiting for cancer screening, tests or treatment because of disruptions to the NHS, according to new analysis by Cancer Research UK.

Researcher Todd Hankinson and his team at Children’s Hospital Colorado have studied biological differences between paediatric and adult ACP tumours

COVID-19 has dramatically transformed the research landscape for our community but we remain driven to accelerate new treatments.

Researcher Till Milde and his team from the Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) have developed a new test system.

The NIHR announced yesterday that they have published a framework for restarting research activities that have a been paused as a result of Covid-19.

The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI) announces winners of the Brain Race, an open innovation contest to advance high-impact inventions and solutions to defeat brain tumors.

Scientists carried out a large-scale study of 241 infants from around the world.

When her grandson Logan died from a DIPG brain tumour in 2017, Fiona vowed to drive change for everyone affected.

Last week, our first lab tour of 2020 gave some of our supporters a chance to witness our funded research first-hand.

An affordable, point of care blood test to diagnose brain tumours was announced today by The University of Bristol.

The level of funding into the research of brain tumours in the UK has increased overall by a third, according to figures released by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI).

On January 31, the UK formally left the European Union (EU). As a result, we have now entered into an 11-month transition period, as the future UK-EU relationship is negotiated.

The phase 3 clinical trial aims to study oral eflornithine as a possible new treatment for patients with recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma.

This new role will establish and lead programmes in neuro-oncology and neuro-immunology, a step forward for our community.

Yesterday an Italian court upheld a ruling that prolonged use of mobile phones caused a man’s brain tumour despite worldwide research finding no link.

Get ready to crumble by baking a difference for everyone affected by brain tumours this March.

Widely reported, the artificial intelligence diagnosis was faster than a pathologist, just…