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Fluorescently labelled brain cells visualised using the technique expansion microscopy

Find out how Professor Ed Boyden at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his team have adapted the technology found in babies' nappies to take sharper images of cancer cells. Find out how Professor Ed Boyden at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his team have adapted the technology found in babies' nappies to take sharper images of cancer cells.

by Carl Alexander | Analysis | 27 September 2018

27 September 2018

This entry is part 22 of 30 in the series Science Snaps
An illustration of phone software to match brain tumours to treatments
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  • Health & Medicine

Improving brain tumour diagnosis to make treatment personal

Our scientists are working to improve brain tumour diagnosis. Find out how this could make treatment more personal, and guide people onto clinical trials. Our scientists are working to improve brain tumour diagnosis. Find out how this could make treatment more personal, and guide people onto clinical trials.

by Justine Alford | Analysis | 24 August 2018

24 August 2018

Illustration of 'mini brains' being grown in the lab

Growing ‘mini brains’ in dishes is just one of the ways our scientists are studying brain tumours in the lab. Find out how this could lead to new treatments. Growing ‘mini brains’ in dishes is just one of the ways our scientists are studying brain tumours in the lab. Find out how this could lead to new treatments.

by Justine Alford | Analysis | 13 August 2018

13 August 2018

Illustration of a puzzle of a brain with missing pieces

Scientists are slowly uncovering what makes brain tumours tick. Combining this information with research on the healthy brain could lead to new treatments. Scientists are slowly uncovering what makes brain tumours tick. Combining this information with research on the healthy brain could lead to new treatments.

by Katie Roberts | Analysis | 31 July 2018

31 July 2018

Illustration of a person looking at the brain tumour microenvironment

Brain tumours are heavily influenced by their surroundings so understanding the environment they’re in could reveal ways to destroy them. Brain tumours are heavily influenced by their surroundings so understanding the environment they’re in could reveal ways to destroy them.

by Gabriella Beer | Analysis | 12 July 2018

12 July 2018

Illustration of of a brain viewed through a keyhole

From targeting cancer stem cells to reawakening sleeping cells, research is finding the answers to how brain tumours develop. From targeting cancer stem cells to reawakening sleeping cells, research is finding the answers to how brain tumours develop.

by Carl Alexander | Analysis | 28 June 2018

28 June 2018

This entry is part 9 of 23 in the series Science Surgery

Brain tumour researchers face many challenges that are holding up progress. Find out how we’re bringing scientists together to overcome them. Brain tumour researchers face many challenges that are holding up progress. Find out how we’re bringing scientists together to overcome them.

by Justine Alford | Analysis | 1 May 2018

1 May 2018

Our scientists have tracked the evolution of kidney cancers. Find out how this could help patients in the future. Our scientists have tracked the evolution of kidney cancers. Find out how this could help patients in the future.

by Justine Alford | Analysis | 12 April 2018

12 April 2018

Our new research partnership is exploring common ground between arthritis and cancer, which could bring benefits to patients on both sides. Our new research partnership is exploring common ground between arthritis and cancer, which could bring benefits to patients on both sides.

by Justine Alford | Analysis | 4 March 2018

4 March 2018

Our researchers have discovered a way to halt breast cancer spread in mice, by blocking a molecule called asparagine. But what does this mean for patients? Our researchers have discovered a way to halt breast cancer spread in mice, by blocking a molecule called asparagine. But what does this mean for patients?

by Justine Alford | Analysis | 7 February 2018

7 February 2018