i think that s the most scared about is being awake and having someone rooting around in my head. daniel has a large brain tumour, the round white area at the top of this scan. to begin with, daniel is fully anesthetized while surgeons remove part of his skull. but once his brain is exposed, he s woken up and must be kept awake. daniel, how are you feeling? actually, we just need to be a bit careful at the back because that s close to where the part of your brain that moves the right hand side of your body. before removing each piece of tumour surgeons need to be sure it won t affect daniel s speech or his ability to move his body. i want you to just say what you see. so at each step, the team
we just need to be a bit careful at the back because that s close to where the part of your brain that moves the right hand side of your body. before removing each piece of tumour surgeons need to be sure it won t affect daniel s speech or his ability to move his body. i want you to just say what you see. so at each step, the team checks his responses. part of daniel s tumour will be sent for whole genome sequencing. its entire dna will be mapped. what that means is essentially we re looking at the abnormalities in the genes that we think caused the tumour in the first place. so we re really able to drill down into the molecular problems in the tumor. daniel s diagnosis, his future rests on what they find in these tubes. dna sequencing used to take months.
daniel has a large brain tumour, the round white area at the top of this scan. to begin with, daniel is fully anesthetized while surgeons remove part of his skull. but once his brain is exposed, he s woken up and must be kept awake. daniel, how are you feeling? we just need to be a bit careful at the back because that s close to where the part of your brain that moves the right hand side of your body. before removing each piece of tumour surgeons need to be sure it won t affect daniel s speech or his ability to move his body. so at each step, the team checks his responses. part of daniel s tumor