NEWS March 2024
The latest in our partnership with Forbes:
The White House War on Glioblastoma
By Ed Pilkington
“It’s a strange sensation sitting at the keyboard and writing this sentence: I have a deep and personal connection to the President of the United states. But I do. And no, I’m not talking politics.
Joe Biden and I have both lost our loved one to the cruel, relentless and currently incurable brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM). In his case, his beloved son Beau was taken from him by the illness on May 20, 2015.
Eight months later, my wife Jessica Morris was diagnosed with the same brain cancer. In her own words, she threw everything and the kitchen sink at it, signing up for experimental new treatments including a personalized vaccine created in Germany geared to the genetic mutations of her own tumor….”
Continue reading: The White House War On Glioblastoma
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OBB working with a group of brain tumour charities and a non-profit to ensure that patients have timely access to innovative treatments
We have been collaborating in the UK with a group of brain tumour charities and a non-profit organisation to ensure that patients have timely access to innovative treatments.
“The Stars Will Still Be There: What my daughter taught me about love, life and loss” — memoir by OurBrainBank board member Nicola Nuttall
Nicola Nuttall writes movingly about her daughter Laura who lived an incredible vivid life even after being diagnosed with glioblastoma.
Glioblastoma Awareness Day: July 17, 2024
Glioblastoma Awareness Day: Help us spread the word about GBM.
OurBrainBank writes to incoming Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Today sees the start of a new labour government in the UK. Wes Streeting has been appointed the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. We agree that the work of change starts today. That’s why we have written to him today on his first day in office.
OurBrainBank UK collaborating with RareCan to improve access to clinical trials
Learn about OurBrainBank UK and RareCan collaboration.