40% of charity-funded early career researchers have considered leaving medical research due to charity funding concerns since #COVID19 hit the UK (bit.ly/3kgz2Ca). Join us in asking HM Treasury Rishi Sunak to back charity-funded #ResearchAtRisk at the spending review.

GIVEAWAY TIME! 👍🏼🎉 To welcome our postgrads we are doing a giveaway of TOTUM vouchers. There are 10  vouchers on offer to postgrads (one voucher per winner) and this competition is open to all postgrad students.   To enter see this Twitter thread!

What defines an efficacious COVID-19 vaccine? A review of the challenges assessing the clinical efficacy of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…

UPDATE: We are proud to announce, along with BioNTech SE, that our mRNA-based #vaccine candidate has, at an interim analysis, demonstrated initial evidence of efficacy against #COVID19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Here I describe a brief overview of how the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines work. Taking a vaccine is one’s personal choice, and I hope this video can help someone make that decision rooted in science.

The media should never have allowed Karol Sikora to peddle his false hope theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Today marks the start of Brain Tumour Awareness Month. It's time to make more noise than ever before about this deadly disease. The only way to bring brain tumours down is by stepping up together. Will you join us this #BTAM? #VoicesForChange

We, along with 46 other cancer charities have come together to ask UK Governments to plot a route out of the pandemic, and beyond, for cancer services: bit.ly/3qVYiA1 #OneCancerVoice 1/3

Researchers Report Data from First Clinical Trial Assessing Brain Tumor Vaccine that Targets Specific Mutation Researchers believe the IDH1 vaccine offers the potential to develop a treatment that can suppress glioma tumors over the long term. Read more: ow.ly/aMVp50E8eKl

Such sad news today - our thoughts and sympathies are with Paul's family and loved ones. #ACureCantWait bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Asthma drug could prove to be an effective treatment for brain tumours. Researchers found that Pranlukast suppressed glioblastoma, by effectively turning dangerous tumour cells into protective brain cells. Read more about this early research here. inews.co.uk/news/science/a…

A powerful conversation between Mark Chapman and Sir Andrew Strauss on #RedForRuth Day If you’ve been affected, head to our website to learn about the bereavement help we provide ➡️ ruthstraussfoundation.com/support

So proud of this legend and her team + the amazing work they do 🙌

The Wanted star Tom Parker says NHS brain cancer treatment needs 'massive improvement' bbc.in/3G04jV6

Cancer cells steal energy-generating parts from immune cells bit.ly/3CXbWcj

Transparent mouse could improve cancer drug tests bbc.in/44fWK8x

Did you see Ravi’s Dream Choir performance on BGT last night? Huge congrats to the team on getting #GoldenBuzzer ⭐️ Watch the performance: youtu.be/ZNnZzWJFdq0 #BritainsGotTalent

A CRISPR gene editing therapy has delivered effective, long-lasting treatment for cystic fibrosis in mice after overcoming a major hurdle that stymied previous genetic therapies. newscientist.com/article/243556…

Had an amazing time presenting my PhD research on HK2-related processes within the GBM microenvironment EANO 2024 🧠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I was truly inspired by talks discussing new groundbreaking research in our field, and throughly enjoyed the opportunity to make new connections