BRC News

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An international team, including BRC-supported researchers, has found evidence that patients already have irreversible tissue loss within 40 days of a spinal cord injury. Image courtesy of Bill McConkey, Wellcome Images 
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BRC-supported researchers have identified a likely cause of damage to the nerves in multiple sclerosis (MS), opening up the possibility of treatments to prevent the disabling symptoms of this neurodegenerative disease. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Brophy, Wellcome Images 
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An international team of researchers has shown why people with a variation of the FTO gene affecting one in six of the population are 70 per cent more likely to become obese. A new study led by BRC-supported researcher Dr Rachel Batterham, and including scientists from UCL, the Medical Research
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Researchers are about to start a new study to see if a sensor worn on the wrist to measure blood pressure is a better way of determining who needs treatment to lower their blood pressure.
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A new technique for detecting cancer by imaging the consumption of sugar using MRI has been unveiled by a team of scientists at UCL, including a BRC-supported researcher.
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Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), have joined forces with biomarker validation company Abcodia and the UK Collaborative Trial for Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) biobank to develop new blood tests to detect a range of cancers at a very early stage.
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A BRC researcher and his team have suggested that using MRI imaging before deciding whether to carry out a biopsy on patients with suspected prostate cancer may lead to improved outcomes for men with the disease. Image courtesy of Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images 
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Al Jazeera’s film about Xtreme Everest’s cutting-edge research into intensive care survival can be seen this week on The Cure TV series.
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The BRC has awarded over half a million pounds to groundbreaking experimental medicine research projects in neuroscience. Image courtesy of Mark Lythgoe & Chloe Hutton, Wellcome Images