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Brain tumour treatment using DNA sequencing gives ‘hope’ for patients

Brain tumour patients are beginning to benefit from new personalised treatment using DNA sequencing, the NHS has said. Patients with glioblastoma, the most aggressive and fatal form of brain tumour, are being offered a more detailed diagnosis and ...

15 Apr 2022 at 12:55

British girl has hearing restored as first patient on new gene therapy trial

A British girl has had her hearing restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in a groundbreaking new gene therapy trial. Opal Sandy, aged 18 months, was born completely deaf due to the condition auditory neuropathy, ...

09 May 2024 at 09:23

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Parents of six-year-old girl thank Specsavers for saving her life after brain tumour found during routine eye test

The parents of a six-year-old girl whose brain tumour was discovered thanks to a routine eye test have thanked Specsavers for saving their daughter’s life after a six-hour operation was required to remove the potentially deadly mass. ...

13 Jul 2023 at 07:00

AI could be used to treat more cancers after freeing up radiologists’ time

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used in the treatment of more cancers after a study by a hospital developing and using the technology found it was helping to free up radiologists’ time. Osairis was created by a team led by Dr ...

27 Jun 2023 at 10:19

UK medical students training on hologram patients in world-first

Medical students in Cambridge are the first in the world to learn with holographic patients, the university has said. The students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital are using a new mix-reality training system called HoloScenarios, which ...

27 Jun 2022 at 17:42

Archie, six, rings bell to celebrate end of 42 months of cancer treatment

A young cancer patient who gave hope to others when he survived Covid-19 early in the pandemic has finally rung the hospital bell to celebrate the end of his treatment. Archie Wilks was just four when he caught coronavirus in ...

19 Jul 2022 at 12:03

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Mum whose instinct told her something was wrong with her son in the womb celebrates his remission from leukaemia thanks to a life-saving new treatment

A social worker whose mother’s instinct told her something was wrong with her son in the womb several months before his leukaemia diagnosis is celebrating his remission after he became the ninth baby in Europe to receive a ...

12 Jul 2022 at 09:02

Lorry driver who caused death of cycling NHS worker spared jail

A lorry driver who struck and killed a young cyclist near the NHS hospital where she worked has been spared jail. Physiotherapist Anna Garratt-Quinton, 22, died at the scene at a roundabout junction close to Addenbrooke’s ...

01 Nov 2022 at 17:16

Pianist recovering after knife went through hand as she tried to destone avocado

A pianist who cut her hand with a steak knife while trying to destone an avocado has praised the medics who helped to save her musical career. Emma Carpenter, of Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, was visiting a friend in ...

01 Feb 2023 at 14:27

Patient of suspended hospital surgeon says she wants answers

A university student whose knee was operated on by a since-suspended hospital surgeon when she was 15 years old said she feels sick looking at the joint as she does not know what is happening with it. Chloe ...

15 May 2025 at 15:47

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Family of girl, 6, who died following routine appendix removal to visit Disneyland in her memory

The family of a girl who died from sepsis following an appendix operation will visit Disneyland on her birthday to remember her after thousands of pounds were raised by a friend. Ruby Trussler, six, from ...

12 May 2025 at 00:01

Runner fundraising for brain tumour research after daughter’s death

A bereaved father will run a half-marathon in memory of his eight-year-old daughter, as he seeks to support the “mission” to treat the condition which led to her death, just 11 days after diagnosis. ...

17 Sept 2025 at 16:37

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