Category: Research

More than 130,000 people in the UK live with multiple sclerosis (MS). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is central to their diagnosis and care, yet almost all NHS centres face long delays because there are too few specialist neuroradiologists to report scans quickly...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have identified a brief window after brain tumour surgery during which a treatment for glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer, can cross the brain’s protective barrier and reach the cancer cells most likely to trigger...

The Manchester Rare Conditions Centre which aims to improve the lives of people living with rare conditions and the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre recently held a joint workshop to facilitate closer collaboration between our research communities. Following...

NCA is to be part of a new NIHR Translational Research Collaboration (TRC) in Parkinson’s disease (PD), bringing together national expertise and infrastructure.

A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need…

On World Oral Health Day this year, we consider the neglected and under-researched area of oral healthcare (OHC) in people suffering a stroke.

New research indicates a simple blood test could detect the deadliest form of brain tumour. Researchers have developed an experimental…

Healthcare science staff support vital research behind the scenes. Meet Amanjot Kaur, Natalia Wierzbowska and Katie Hood, working across neurology and oncology to improve patient care through research.