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UK life sciences are thriving despite Covid-19 – but choppy waters lie ahead 15 Apr 2021
We’ve seen a surge in commercial investment in UK life sciences, driven by world-class interactions between academia and industry. But cuts to Government and charity funding for academic research could put that all at risk, says Angela Kukula, Director of Business and Innovation at the ICR. Posted on 15 April, 2021 by Angela Kukula
Although hugely challenging in many ways, the past 12 months have been something of a vindication for the UK’s life-science research.
UK-led research has played a huge part in the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic – most notably in the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. Recent figures from the BioIndustry Association show that the UK biotech sector not only held up in 2020, but broke records for investment from the private sector.
Dad releases charity EP in honour of his son who died from a brain tumour aged seven
Blaise underwent major surgery, chemotherapy, and several rounds of radiotherapy but, very sadly, died at the age of seven.
14 April 2021
Blaise, Chris, Rachel and Asha
The dad of a seven-year-old boy who died from a brain tumour has released a record to raise money for research into brain cancer.
Chris Nelson, 58, from Didsbury, Greater Manchester, was part of Jam MCs, the iconic Manchester duo who toured with the Happy Mondays in the 1990s.
In 2018, his son Blaise was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of six. He was initially diagnosed with a low-grade glioma but the type of tumour was never identified.
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Apr 13, 2021
10 patients with advanced glioblastoma, the type of brain tumor that killed Joe Biden’s son, Beau were put into a trial of a combination of treatments and it s amazing researchers. Currently it has a survival rate of 7% for 5 years or longer. Two people with advanced brain cancer have responded well to the combo of chemo and immunotherapy drugs. And in one case, the life-threatening tumor “seems to have disappeared.” Doctors at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden hospital in London are conducting Phase 1 of a trial called Ice-Cap andt say it’s “unusual” to have such a good response in patients this early in a trial. One of those patients Hamish Mykura, 59 was diagnosed with glioblastoma in August 2018. He underwent traditional treatment with minimal effect. In August 2019, he joined the Ice-Cap trial. Twenty months on, Hamish is cancer free.