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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 鈥榣isten鈥 to a patient鈥檚 brain during tumour surgery

16 Oct 2018

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

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Cambridge 探花直播 and Institute of Cancer Research launch Children鈥檚 Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence

22 Feb 2018

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has today announced funding for a new Children鈥檚 Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence, based at the 探花直播 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鈥檚 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 探花直播 of Cambridge.

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

鈥淭rojan horse鈥 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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Dr Louise Allen

Researchers develop new test for children with vision loss

11 Oct 2011

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

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