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Visit the charity's profileThe blood-brain barrier stops most standard cancer drugs from treating brain tumours.
So we're challenging you, your friends,family and colleagues to raise a grand (£1,000) however you like to help fund blood-brain barrier (B-BB) research.
Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer, yet brain tumour research receives just 1% of the national spend on cancer research. Through a collaboration with Brain Tumour Research(charity number 1153487) we want to target an underfunded and under resourced area of vital research – all without using animals.
The Grand Challenge aims to raise £180k to fund a three year brain tumour research project into the B-BB, led by Professor Pilkington, lead scientist at the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence in the University of Portsmouth. Professor Pilkington is an acknowledged international expert on brain tumours and a pioneer in B-BB modelling.
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