The team of British and American researchers, largely funded by Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, has discovered that a specific set of changes in the genetic code of certain cells in the brain may initiate and drive pilocytic astrocytomas, the most common childhood brain tumour. For more information about the work, please click here.
First genetic change for identified for pilocytic astrocytoma
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have pinpointed a rearrangement of DNA that is present in around two-thirds of all cases of pilocytic astrocytoma – the most common brain tumour in five to 19 year-olds – in a study funded by Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust and Cancer Research UK. For more information about this, see our media page.