New findings about brain tumour development could lead to more effective treatment. For the first time in the world, an international study team with substantial participation from researchers from the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) of MedUni Vienna and Vienna University Hospital identifies the molecular differences between individual tumour cells in ependymomas, which are an aggressive […]
A study led by myself and my colleague Dr Sandrine Willaime-Morawek, lecturer in Stem Cells and Brain Repair at the University and published in Molecular Neurobiology, analysed how enzymes called ADAMs affect the movement and function of the human tumour cells which cause brain cancer. We discovered a potential way of stopping one of the most […]
Thirty years ago, being diagnosed with breast cancer was seen by many as a death sentence. Look how far we have come since then. According to the latest figures, 78 per cent of women are predicted to survive their disease for 10 years or more. In many other areas of cancer treatment, the improvements in […]
On Monday 18th April 2016 the parlous lack of funding for research into brain tumours was the subject of a formal parliamentary debate in the House of Commons. The debate comes after years of lobbying by our partner, charity Brain Tumour Research, culminating in a Government e-petition which gained over 120,000 signatures and the publishing of […]
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