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	Belgium Brain cancer vaccine may save Nottinghamshire Boy (May 2012) Eye device to detect Brain Tumours launched in Edinburgh (March 2012) International Brain Tumour Alliance March Newsletter (March 2012) Willow news (March 2012) MEA staff donate to local charites (January 2012) The garden Party to return for 2012 (November 2011) Database of brain tumour support resources set up (November 2011) Harry has tragically lost his fight against brain cancer (October 2011) New clinical trial for brain tumout patients dated 19 September 2011 Naseem press release dated 15 June 2011 Parents urged to be brain-tumour aware (recent) Radio 4 article on Brain Tumours (recent) Clicsargent have specialists attached to UK hospitals, Ask at your hospital if there is any support Samantha Brain Dickinson Trust Brain Tumour UK update us on new ways to slow the spread of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Brain Tumour UK's Senior Research Fellow Dr Quan An has been exploring how two receptors on the surface of brain tumour cells -CD155 and CD44 help glioma tumours to migrate and invade. In laboratory studies she has been able to silence the two receptors using a genetic material called siRNA. She commented: "If we can stop brain tumour cells from invading and spreading by using gene therapy, we can give conventional drug-radiation-based treatments a greater chance of success"! http://www.braintumouruk.org.uk/brain-tumour-uk-in-lobby-of-parliament-for-brain-tumour-awareness-month See above link regarding brain tumour awareness week See link below regarding the research programmes we are suppporting: http://www.btnw.org.uk/ UK doctors are to get new guidelines on diagnosing brain tumours in children, in order to tackle delays in treatment. To read more click here The mother of a schoolgirl diagnosed with a brain tumour urges people to back a campaign for more research funding. To read more about this please click here Scientists have discovered two genes that appear responsible for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. To read more about this please click here More funding needs to be ploughed into research into the forgotten cancer of brain tumours, campaigners say. To read more about this please click here Aggressive childhood brain tumours could be treatable with a novel combination of two existing cancer drugs, a study suggests. To read more about this please click here

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She commented: "If we can stop brain tumour cells from invading and spreading by using gene therapy, we can give conventional drug-radiation-based treatments a greater chance of success"!

She commented:

"If we can stop brain tumour cells from invading and spreading by using gene therapy, we can give conventional drug-radiation-based treatments a greater chance of success"!