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"Planned centre for laboratory-based brain tumour research" |
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10 March 2008 |
MEDICAL LABORATORY WORLD
The establishment of the UK’s first dedicated laboratory-based centre for brain tumour research has taken a step closer with a partnership with brain tumour charity brainstrust.
Professor of cellular and molecular neuro-oncology Geoff Pilkington, who leads the research team at the University of Portsmouth, said the centre will focus on the diagnosis and therapy of brain tumours, aiming to become a centre of excellence in the field.
“There is very little brain tumour research in laboratories in the UK – it is mostly one-man bands,” Pilkington told MLW. "Grants for PhD students to conduct laboratory-based brain tumour research last around three years and then they leave. And if they want to continue their research in this area, they are often forced to go overseas as there is little funding for such research in the UK."
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