The University of Plymouth is celebrating a decade of funding from the charity Brain Tumour Research, which has enabled it to maintain its status as one of the world's leading centres for brain tumour research.

Just over a decade later, its facilities on the Plymouth Science Park have been transformed thanks to the funding from Brain Tumour Research and other sources, and it is now home to around 30 researchers carrying out work on a range of research projects and clinical trials.

That includes work to advance understanding of different types of brain tumours, with much of the Plymouth research centred around meningioma, schwannoma and glioma.

The researchers are also working to identify how and when brain tumours might develop as well as unlocking new therapies and treatments – many of them repurposed from treating other medical conditions – that might improve the lives of those currently living with brain tumours or being diagnosed on a daily basis.

With the only treatments currently available for many of these brain tumours being invasive surgery and/or radiotherapy, any advances in therapies and other treatments could be transformative.