Paul O'Gorman Blood Scanning Laboratory

The University of Manchester Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre uses a scanning technique called Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to advance understanding of cancers and brain disorders.

We contributed £500,000 to establish the Paul O’Gorman Blood Scanning Laboratory to analyse the blood samples taken from patients undergoing scans.

New strategies for the prevention and treatment of cancer depend upon first understanding and exploiting the biological differences between normal tissues of the body and cancerous growth.

The high definition, 3-D images generated by PET scanning enable scientists to investigate the function of normal and abnormal tissues and explore how treatment with various drugs can affect this function.

The Centre, which opened in 2006, aims to become a world leader in this field. It has been designed to bring together multi-disciplinary teams, including doctors from Christies – the largest cancer hospital in Europe – and research scientists from the University, with the aim of improving understanding of disease processes and developing new, more effective treatments.

The state-of-the-art facilities will enable the provision of far better data than has previously been available.

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