We believe that through innovation and collaboration, our research can lead to more effective therapies and improve the lives of those affected by neurological and neurodegenerative diseases.
The Brain Repair and Intracranial Neurotherapeutics unit is a group of leading clinicians and scientists who are researching ways to develop and deliver novel cell, drug and growth factor therapies to patients with currently untreatable neurological neurodegenerative diseases.
We focus on 4 main conditions:
BRAIN runs regular events, workshops and activities throughout the year for researchers, patient and members of the public
See what's happeningOur dedicated 4 bed clinical research facility in the University Hospital of Wales is the heart of BRAIN's clinical trial delivery
Learn more31st Jan, 2023
Dr Benjamin Dummer is a Research Assistant based in a lab at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), under the supervisi...
See more7th Dec, 2022
BRAIN researchers have co-edited a book which examines the progress of cell therapies in the treatment of neurodegenerat...
See more23rd Jun, 2022
Lauren Griffiths is a Research Technician at Swansea University. Her recent research has centred around cholesterol, its...
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Around 145,000 people live with Parkinson’s in the UK, and it's the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world....
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Purple Day for Epilepsy takes place every year on March 26. To mark the global awareness day this year, Peter Roberts fr...
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In the 2018-20 award, the BRAIN Unit received funding to develop an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system supporting cl...
See more28th Sep, 2021
BRAIN Involve would like to help researchers consider the benefits of involving the public in forming their research int...
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Jack Fisher a Cardiff University Student Doctor currently working with BRAIN researcher Dr Malik Zaben won the award for...
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