15
Mar
Mar
Kat Huggins will be running her first marathon to raise money for Saving Faces on 26th May 2019.
22
Oct
Oct
Professor Iain Hutchison features in The Guinea Pig Club documentary on BBC Four.
06
Jan
Jan
Why do we react to “disgusting” stimuli, the way we do?
Professor Iain Hutchison joins presenter, Bridget Kendall, and a panel of experts to talk about disgust. This psychological and physiological reaction can cause undue prejudice to patients with physical deformities. Continue reading
19
Oct
Oct
Congratulations to Emmy and Farah who won a William Harvey Day award for an outstanding poster presentation. They are PhD students funded by Saving Faces and the research presented at this meeting was entitled, ‘Psychological wellbeing and treatment needs in cancer and trauma patients’.
Read more about Emmy and Farah’s projects here.
19
Oct
Oct
One of our supporters, Josh, features in the Embarrassing Bodies, Stand Up to Cancer special on Channel 4.
28
Sep
Sep
Cancer mortality rates may be dropping overall, but deaths from oral cancer are predicted to increase over the next few decades.
03
Sep
Sep
This year the Saving Faces collection of paintings have been exhibited at a variety of medical conferences and fundraising events. The aim of the event on Saturday 28th April was to raise money and awareness of Saving Faces, using the artwork.
30
Aug
Aug
Professor Iain Hutchison speaks on US-based podcast, Morning Stories, about his work and Saving Faces.
03
Jul
Jul
Researchers at Queen Mary University, London have discovered a new gene interation which may influence the development of head and neck cancers.
The gene FOXM1 is well known for its involvement in cancer development, however a connection has now been shown between this gene and K15, a stem cell marker. The function of stem cells is to repair and replenish tissues in the body and so anything adversly affecting these cells may have implications in the development of cancer.
12
Jun
Jun
Well, that’s it done and dusted for another year…
There was a tense run-up to the 3rd annual Saving Faces Family Cycle Challenge, with wind, rain and thunder forecast. By some miracle, the day dawned bright and cloudless and the first drops of rain only fell as we were packing up to go.