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24 May 2021

The Royal Free & UCL AVM Research Programme Update

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9 December 2020

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8 December 2020

Research that we are funding at The Francis Crick institute

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10 July 2020

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28 February 2020

Tyser girl’s Northumberland Coastal Marathon

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5 February 2020

Research Update. Why your contribution is so important!

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9 January 2020

Tom Dyer – Table Mountain

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14 November 2019

Nikki Lilly Youngest Ever Bafta Special Award Winner

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6 November 2019

The Butterfly AVM Charity Dinner and Dance 2019

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Nikki Lilly Speaking on ITV London NEWS

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    The Butterfly AVM Charity

    3 weeks ago

    The Butterfly AVM Charity

    The Butterfly AVM Charity is proud to highlight the brilliant work done by the Research Team that we are funding at The Royal Free and the University College London. Their research focuses on AVM angiogenesis. This is a normal process in the body’s replacement of damaged tissue, but it can also occur under abnormal mutational conditions and leads to AVM growth and recurrence after treatment. This is demoralizing for both the patient who often has to undergo recurring potentially dangerous treatments and the surgeon or interventional radiologist who have to repeat treatments after regrowth and expansion. The goal of this research is to understand the process required for this revascularisation to occur and to identify biomarkers and screen drugs that can potentially stop and reverse this growth. This research could not have been done without the amazing fundraisers. Thank you x Together we can make a change.

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    The Butterfly AVM Charity is proud to highlight the brilliant work done by the Research Team that we are funding at The Royal Free and the University College London. Their research focuses on AVM angiogenesis. This is a normal process in the body’s replacement of damaged tissue, but it can also oc...
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    The Butterfly AVM Charity

    4 weeks ago

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    Our friends at the brainbook Charity produced a video showing a brain angiogram and they have kindly given it to us to share. They aim to improve public and patient understanding of neurological and neurosurgical diseases. Combining medical illustration, narrative film, and research to improve understanding and reduce anxiety.

    A brain angiogram is a relatively common procedure in neurosurgery. Check out this video of an actual brain angiogram where we use a catheter, x-ray imaging guidance and an injection of contrast material to examine blood vessels in the brain for abnormalities such as aneurysms and artero-venous malformations.

    Cerebral angiography produces very detailed, clear and accurate pictures of blood vessels in the brain and may eliminate the need for surgery.

    Patient: Dr. Gwen Evans
    Radiologist: Dr. Adam Rennie
    Hospital: The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

    Thanks to all the team for making this possible and special thanks to Gwen for letting us film her procedure!
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    Thanks Gwen for making this informative video, I have shared to family so they can understand what goes on 🙂

    The Butterfly AVM Charity

    2 months ago

    The Butterfly AVM Charity

    This year will be 5 years since we lost the legend that is Andrew Perkins, all that knew him will know he was such a great guy and had such a fantastic attitude to life. He never let his health issues get him down and was determined to live his life to the max!

    In May I will be running my first ever marathon and thought it would be a great way to raise funds for The Butterfly AVM Charity in his memory.

    One saying he loved was 'If you wanna see the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain' .... I have found myself repeating this mantra on some tough training runs and his ongoing inspiration has certainly spurred me on!

    Any amount small or large is appreciated and will give me extra motivation to push on through!

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    2 months ago

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    Here is the video we’ve all been waiting for, a chatty Q&A with the outstanding Nikki Lilly! We hope you enjoy it, please feel free to like and subscribe!🌸

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    The Butterfly AVM Charity

    3 months ago

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    Our AVM Research team at the Royal Free are collaborating with the Balabani lab in UCL to use microfluidic systems to model AVMs in vitro. This type of research is vital to push the boundaries and build up a greater understanding about the structural movement of AVMs and how they may react to treatments.Image attachmentImage attachment

    Our AVM Research team at the Royal Free are collaborating with the Balabani lab in UCL to use microfluidic systems to model AVMs in vitro. This type of research is vital to push the boundaries and build up a greater understanding about the structural movement of AVMs and how they may react to treatments. ... See MoreSee Less

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