BRC News

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BRC-supported research has received a £10 million award to develop better tools, imaging techniques and therapies in future operations on unborn babies. Image courtesy of Wellcome Images 
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A third of epilepsy sufferers do not respond to present medications so it is vital new treatments for this population are found, according to BRC Professor Matthew Walker who is Head of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy at the UCL Institute of Neurology.
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The Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics , part of the UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, is looking to recruit a Senior Cardiovascular Biocurator.
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Combination chemotherapy results in higher response rates but does not confer an overall survival advantage compared with single-dose chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma, according to findings published in The Lancet Oncology.
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Researchers have has proposed a review of World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on optimal timing of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients with high CD4+ T cell counts undergoing treatment for tuberculosis.  
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Doctors are now using genetic information in an effort to identify and prevent heart problems in patients who seem healthy but may be at risk because of a family history of heart diseases, says Professor Steve Humphries.