Advanced Neurotherapies Centre

The Advanced Neurotherapies Centre performed the gene therapy surgery as part of a global clinical trial for a new Huntington’s disease treatment. 🎉 We are thrilled our delivery of gene therapies to slow Huntington’s disease progression has had positive results.

📢 Experts by experience, researchers, health and voluntary sector professionals - There's still time to register for the next @ImprovementCym Mental Health and Wellbeing Research and Evidence Network meeting on Wednesday 28 January in Wrexham. It's a chance to deepen your understanding of the Open Access Mental Health Support model - the framework that is driving the transformation of mental health services across Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Register today: bit.ly/4sNlNwz

We are at the @ResearchWales conference 2025 for a full day celebrating research in Wales. Come and say hi! Rydyn ni yng nghynhadledd Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru am ddiwrnod i llawn yn dathlu ymchwil Cymru. Dewch draw i ddweud helo! #ResearchWales25

O @advancedNTC yn unig safle yn y DU i fod yn rhan o dreial therapi genynnau ar gyfer clefyd Huntington i cyffur cyntaf o'r radd flaenaf ar gefn treial dan arweiniad Cymru ar gyfer y rhai sydd â chanser terfynol y fron.Dysgwch fwy am ein blwyddyn youtube.com/watch?v=vfE_nm…

This year Wales has led the way in research, from @advancedNTC being the only UK site in a gene therapy trial for Huntington’s to the licencing of a first-in-class drug on the back of a Welsh-led trial for terminal breast cancer. Learn about 2024/25: youtube.com/watch?v=h2QHWy…

Ddoe cymeron ni ran yng Ngrŵp Trawsbleidiol ar Ymchwil Feddygol @SeneddCymru a gwnaethon ni ymgysylltu ag Aelodau'r Senedd, pleidiau gwleidyddol, a sefydliadau ymchwil. Dangosodd yr arddangosfa gwmpas ac ansawdd eithriadol yr ymchwil sy'n cael ei gynnal yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd.

We attended the @SeneddWales Cross Party Group for medical research last week where we engaged with Members of the Senedd, political parties, and research organisations. The showcase displayed the exceptional scope and quality of research happening now in Wales.

Wales leads pioneering gene therapy trial shown to slow progression of Huntington’s Disease. The @advancedNTC, funded by us and based at @cardiffuni, is the only UK surgical site to have participated in the trial. Learn more: healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/wal…

Thrilled our delivery of gene therapies to slow Huntington’s disease progression has had positive results. Our team delivered the therapies here in Cardiff - the only UK centre and only one of a few centres worldwide - performing these gene therapy surgeries. Read more⤵️

Read more about this exciting news on the @cardiffuni website: cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2961…

Patients receiving the treatment experienced 75% less progression of the disease overall, compared to a matched cohort of people with Huntington’s who were not receiving the treatment.

The Advanced Neurotherapies Centre performed the gene therapy surgery as part of a global clinical trial for a new Huntington’s disease treatment. 🎉 We are thrilled our delivery of gene therapies to slow Huntington’s disease progression has had positive results.

Ar Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol Ataxia, rydyn ni am dynnu sylw at yr ymchwil a ariannir gan Ataxia UK. Mae ymchwil yn hanfodol wrth chwilio am driniaeth ac wrth wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn i'r rhai yr effeithir arnyn nhw.  Darllenwch fwy yn yr adroddiad effaith: bit.ly/AtaxiaAw

On International Ataxia Day we want to spotlight the research being funded by Ataxia UK. Research is vital in the search for a cure and in providing real-life impact to those affected by Ataxia. Read more in the impact report: ataxia.org.uk/research-news/…  #IAAD25 #AtaxiaAwareness

Ahead of #WorldAlzheimersDay, we’re proud to be collaborating with @AviadoBio to deliver the ASPIRE-FTD trial in Cardiff, offering hope and potential new therapies for those living by Frontotemporal dementia (FTD). bit.ly/FTDclintrial

#ICYMI: The @Guardian highlighted AviadoBio and the potential of our investigational #GeneTherapy, AVB-101, for people living with #FTD-GRN. Read more 👉 theguardian.com/society/2025/j… #Biotech #FrontotemporalDementia #ClinicalTrial

Diolch eto i bawb a ddaeth i gyfarfod cyntaf y Grŵp Ymchwil Amlddisgyblaethol Niwrolegol. Mae digwyddiadau cydweithredol fel y rhain yn cynnig gwybodaeth werthfawr i ni am yr ymchwil newydd i therapïau uwch. 👀 Darllenwch ragor ar ein gwefan: bit.ly/45FAB5x

Thanks again to everyone who came to the inaugural neuro multi-disciplinary research group (MDRG) meeting. Collaborative events like these give us valuable insights into the new research in advanced therapies. 👀Read more about it on our website: bit.ly/45FAB5x