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Brain Cancer Biobanking Australia (BCBA) is a virtual biobank hub established to provide researchers easy access to the amount, quality and type of tissue and associated data they need to accelerate both paediatric and adult translational brain cancer research.

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  • MHF Brain Bank Fulfilling the Wishes of Brain Cancer Patients

    August 2019

    The team at the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) Brain Bank, located at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), have responded to brain cancer patients wishing to donate their brains for research by establishing Australia’s first rapid post-mortem adult brain cancer biobank. The precious tumour tissue, collected within 12hrs after death, has the potential to provide researchers with a better understanding of the evolution of brain cancer - how these deadly tumours are able to adapt and evade all current treatments.

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  • Funding Boost for BCBA National Clinical Registry Project

    July 2019

    BCBA is delighted to have been selected as one of the 32 successful grant recipients in the recent Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) call for applications under their 'Transformative data' program. The $50,000 grant will support BCBA's multi-disciplinary working group, under the leadership of A/Prof Lindy Jeffree (pictured), to advance the National Paediatric & Adult Brain Cancer Clinical Registry Project.

    The proposed registry will capture data that will not only provide an understanding of brain cancer incidence, treatment patterns and outcomes across Australia, but also assist researchers with clinical information and facilitate registry clinical trials.

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