Author: Piers Townley

Sarah Lindsell, our CEO, talks about why gifts in Wills should be in our everyday conversations…

As part of our commitment to improving life today for those affected by brain tumours, we’re excited to announce the expansion of our support offering as we roll out Live Chat

We believe brain tumour patients need a ‘global Britain’ after Brexit. The UK Government has published an important paper outlining its current position on scientific cooperation for when the UK leaves the European Union

Yesterday the UK Government published the recommendations of an independent review of the UK Life Sciences industry

Six years ago, Martino Sclavi was given 18 months to live after a grade 4 glioblastoma brain tumour diagnosis. A side effect of his brain surgery left the film producer unable to read. Words had escaped him

This means that 1/2a clinical trials using the drug VBI-1901 can now begin later this year in patients with recurrent GBM. The trials will examine the safety and effectiveness of the drug

The brain tumour databank launches today. This ground breaking project will revolutionise the way brain tumour data is used worldwide

Thanks to your continued support and fundraising, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve been able to award over £3.8 million to five new exciting research initiatives across the globe

We are delighted to be officially supporting Trustedoctor who have launched the world’s first virtual platform to link patients with leading brain tumour specialists around the world

Our new Young Adult Service aims to help young people aged 16-30 feel less isolated after devastating diagnosis

Earlier today, the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey was published, providing an insight into the experience of 72,288 cancer patients over the age of 16 in 2016

Tom heads up The Charity’s drive to raise awareness and funds for vital research

The group of researchers at UCL, funded by The Charity are led by Professor Paolo Salomoni and have discovered that cells are capable of migrating through tissues in the body

Inspired by his sister, Ed’s planning an epic, 1,000 mile UK running challenge

This promising technique was developed by Researchers from the University of Oxford, UK and the University of Twente, Netherlands

Yesterday, Macmillan Wales and the Welsh Government published the second Wales Cancer Patient Experience Survey

The annual report by Prof Dame Sally Davies says that the genomic plan should be implemented within 5 years in the NHS

HeadSmart is a finalist in the National Lottery Awards ‘Best Health Project’ category

A probe that was first developed by researchers in Canada in 2015 has since been perfected by the team

A groundbreaking international centre for research into childhood brain tumours will be launched today (June 27) in London

A new study from the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in India examined the mechanism of gene expression within brain tumours and found a lack of microRNA editing

Scientists from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore have discovered that the protein BCL6 could potentially be used as a marker to predict the clinical outcome of patients with glioblastoma

After seven weeks of relentless political campaigning across the UK, voters finally had their say at polling booths on Thursday, as a shock ‘hung parliament’ result emerged

A study conducted by Judith Schwartzbaum from the University of Ohio has found that changes in the immune systems appear to signal brain cancer 5 years before symptoms arise