Research In The Intensive Care Units
Funding from the Neurosciences Foundation enabled Dr Ian Piper to obtain preliminary data that helped to secure a €2.3M framework 7 grant from the European Union. Dr Piper's work can be followed at http://www.brainit.org/

Metabolic Imaging with MRI: the GOLD project
The original award of ~£10,000 from NSF has so far led to a further £1.6M grant income, 5 full peer reviewed publications and formation of a spin out company - Aurum Biosciences.The project aims to establish methods of assessing tissue metabolism in conditions such as stroke, cancer and epilepsy. Further information is available at http://www.aurumbiosciences.com/

Brain Tumour Project
The Neurosciences Foundation raised £150,000 to support the pioneering work of Professor Moira Brown, who demonstrated that a modified version of the HSV virus that causes cold sores could selectively destroy rapidly dividing cancer cells and not normal brain cells. Progress can be followed at http://www.virttu.com