World's first stem cell screening facility to target brain tumours Posted on March 9, 2009February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit More effective treatments for brain cancer will be developed at a tumour-cell testing facility opened today (Wednesday, March 5) at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI). Funded by a $1.14 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF), the ACRF Brain Tumour Research Centre was officially opened by Queensland Minister for Health, The Hon. Stephen Robertson, MP. University of Queensland’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Greenfield, AO, thanked the ACRF for its $1.14 million donation establishing the centre, acknowledging the Foundation’s almost $8 million in individual grants to University research since 1995. “The QBI, formed as part of the Queensland Government’s Smart State Initiative and building on a long history of neuroscience at The University of Queensland, is the ideal location for this world-first centre” Professor Greenfield said. Continue reading “World's first stem cell screening facility to target brain tumours”
