Tag: glioblastoma

The Brain Tumour Charity has received an incredibly generous gift in memory of Gilly Lee, who passed away from glioblastoma in 2019.

Our researchers are marking a significant step towards a blood test for glioblastoma.

We are pleased to announce the two researchers who have been awarded the Junior Fellowship grant – the second award in our Future Leaders programme!

Our Future Leader, Dr Chris Mount, has just opened his own lab at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Rhiannon, from Staffordshire, is helping raise awareness in Eye Health Week.

Future Leader Dr Ángel Álvarez-Prado has discovered that blocking a particular protein can both reduce GBM cells’ ability to multiply and kickstart the immune system.

When you sign up for the London to Brighton Bike Ride, you’re not just taking on a 55-mile challenge. You’re riding for people like Bill Quaile, and for the thousands of families affected by brain tumours every year.

Lottie Kennedy pays tribute to her dad Russell, and offers her advice to anyone who’s grieving.

Imagine climbing the equivalent of the height of Everest on skis – while living with a glioblastoma. That’s what John Woodman did in a team of 12 including his daughter Belle. Here, she tells their story of Everest in the Alps.

Our Future Leader, Dr Ángel Álvarez-Prado, is now leading his own research group at the Luxembourg Institute of Health.

In 2022, Professor Petra Hamerlik was appointed as The Brain Tumour Charity’s Chair of Translational Neuro-oncology, at the University of Manchester’s Cancer Research Centre.

Research we’re funding in partnership with The Oli Hilsdon Foundation at University College London is using advanced brain mapping to reveal how glioblastoma spreads and resists treatment, providing insight for potential new treatments.

Involvement volunteer Baljit Ahluwalia lost her mother, Harbans Kaur Walia, to glioblastoma in 2020.

Bryony Powell knew very little about brain tumours before her fiancé, Catherine Roberts, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in April 2018.

We’re delighted to announce that The Jake McCarthy Foundation has donated £30,000 towards Dr Tyler Miller’s research into combating gliomas with immunotherapy

The biennial CRUK Brain Tumour Conference returned to London for 2024.

Our Junior Fellow Dr Spencer Watson and his team at The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland are researching new ways to treat glioblastoma.

Have double the impact in giving people like Matthew a brighter future when you donate via The Big Give between 22 July and 29 July.

One of our first Junior Fellowship grant holders, Dr Tyler Miller, has opened his own research lab focused on developing immunotherapies to treat brain tumours.

Extracts from Nicola Nuttall’s book – The Stars Will Still Be There

Peter Buckle is a patient advocate and has worked with several teams, including the ARISTOCRAT team to champion research and clinical trials.

In 2019, we awarded £2.96 million to Professor Neil Carragher in collaboration with Cancer Research UK as part of £6 million of funding for vital research into glioblastoma.

Dr Veronica Rendo, a researcher funded by The Brain Tumour Charity, shared the findings of her work at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology.

Two of our funded researchers have won awards at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) annual conference!