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Dr Jessica Taylor working in the lab

Finding new ways to diagnose childhood brain tumours

24 Mar 2023

Cambridge researchers are using new techniques to distinguish different types of medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumour in children.

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Scientists can detect brain tumours using a simple urine or blood plasma test

23 Jul 2021

Researchers from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute have developed two tests that can detect the presence of glioma, a type of brain tumour...

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Cambridge team develops technique to ‘listen’ to a patient’s brain during tumour surgery

16 Oct 2018

Surgeons could soon eavesdrop on a patient’s brain activity during surgery to remove their brain tumour, helping improve the accuracy of the...

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Cambridge University and Institute of Cancer Research launch Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence

22 Feb 2018

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has today announced funding for a new Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence, based at the University of Cambridge...

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Professor Richard Gilbertson from the CRUK Cambridge Institute

Man on a mission to beat cancer

14 Nov 2016

Thirty years ago, Professor Richard Gilbertson pledged to implement a 15 per cent reduction in mortality from children’s brain cancer. This is the...

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Brain tumours and brain injury to be focus of new Cambridge laboratories

11 Nov 2016

A new suite of laboratories aimed at improving outcomes for patients with brain injuries and brain tumours opens today at the University of Cambridge.

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A cancer cell containing the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are coloured green, and have entered the nucleus, which is the area in blue

“Trojan horse” treatment could beat brain tumours

13 Aug 2014

A smart technology which involves smuggling gold nanoparticles into brain cancer cells has proven highly effective in lab-based tests.

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Hydrogel technology may reduce the need for injections

New technology delivers sustained release of drugs for up to six months

15 Aug 2012

A new technology which delivers sustained release of therapeutics for up to six months could be used in conditions which require routine injections...

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Dr Louise Allen

Researchers develop new test for children with vision loss

11 Oct 2011

Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of...

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