That the Parliament welcomes the news that scientists at the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian have been awarded £350,000 by the Scottish Government to investigate a new way of scanning glioblastoma brain tumours; understands that glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive type of brain tumour, with over 3,000 new diagnoses in the UK every year, half of which die within 15 months of diagnosis, despite extensive surgery and treatment; further understands that the team will use field cycling imaging (FCI), a new and specialist type of low-field MRI scanning, which is exclusive to Aberdeen, to generate unprecedented images of these brain tumours; believes that this study exemplifies the pioneering, world-class research in medical technology taking place at the University of Aberdeen, and hopes that the study, and related future work, will lead to huge advances in glioblastoma diagnosis and treatment across Scotland and beyond.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Christine Grahame, Dr Sandesh Gulhane (Registered interest)
, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Paul Sweeney