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The power of thinking big

Population studies on a vast scale are providing the power to enable accurate risk assessment - and intervention - into cardiovascular disease.

Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity: understanding these silent killers

Population-based interventions for tackling unhealthy diet and physical inactivity could save millions of lives. An ambitious research programme is providing evidence for how best to deliver the goal.

Delivering better ways of preventing stillbirth

Despite recent dramatic reductions in cot death rates in the UK, and the development of sophisticated screening for Down's syndrome, preventing stillbirth is proving tougher to tackle. Now, a major study under way at Cambridge could change all that.

Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories

Protein highlights 'ideal mechanism' for development of new therapies to fight obesity.

New technique will transform epigenetics research

New technique has important implications for stem cell research and the development of regenerative medicines.

Teaching old cells new tricks

Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier's research in the Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine shows how stem cells can further our understanding of disease and help deliver much-needed new treatments.

Chronic cocaine use may speed up ageing of brain

Research shows chronic users' brains age dramatically faster than their non-drug using peers.

Wiping memories to tackle alcoholism

Research into the way memory works could lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of alcoholism. Memories associated with triggering relapse in alcoholics could be treated at the point of recall, deleting the unconscious stimulus that spark craving for drink.

Exposure to micronutrients prior to pregnancy has been associated with gene modifications in offspring

Scientists find that micronutrients affect methylation, which has been associated with changes in the immune system.

Defeating dementia in Down's syndrome

A £1m brain-imaging study has just been launched at the University of Cambridge to investigate why people with Down's syndrome (DS) are at such high risk of Alzheimer's disease.