Professor Iain Hutchison features in The Guinea Pig Club documentary on BBC Four.
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
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.
One of our supporters, Josh, features in the Embarrassing Bodies, Stand Up to Cancer special on Channel 4.
Cancer mortality rates may be dropping overall, but deaths from oral cancer are predicted to increase over the next few decades.
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.
Professor Iain Hutchison speaks on US-based podcast, Morning Stories, about his work and Saving Faces.
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.
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.
Saving Faces was excited to have a stand at the British Dental Association’s 2012 Conference and Exhibition.
This year’s event was be held at the Manchester Central Conference Complex in the heart of the city from the 26th to the 28th of April. Over four thousand delegates are expected to attend.
We were particularly excited to be promoting the Saving Faces Diagnostic Advice Service (SFDADS), which will help dentists detect mouth cancers early and speed up the referral process. Participating dentists upload patient details and electronic images of suspect lesions onto a secure online system and receive expert diagnostic advice from a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon within 3 working days.