AI can be good for our health and wellbeing
07 Apr 2025 Cambridge researchers are looking at ways that AI can transform everything from drug discovery to Alzheimer's diagnoses to GP consultations.
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International collaboration identifies new breast cancer susceptibility genes
17 Aug 2023 A large-scale international collaboration has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to...
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Faulty BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers
25 Jan 2022 Faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well known to increase the risk of breast cancer in men and women, and in ovarian cancer. Now BRCA1...
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Online tools transform outcomes for cancer patients
21 Oct 2021 PREDICT Breast and Prostate, powerful online risk communication tools developed by Cambridge researchers, have helped thousands of patients across the...
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Genetic tool can identify Asian women at higher risk of breast cancer
31 Jul 2020 A genetic study in Asian women, led by Malaysian scientists in collaboration with Singapore and the University of Cambridge, has revealed that a...
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Detailed genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk
07 Jan 2020 A major international study of the genetics of breast cancer has identified more than 350 DNA ‘errors’ that increase an individual’s risk of...
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Major study of genetics of breast cancer provides clues to mechanisms behind the disease
23 Oct 2017 Seventy-two new genetic variants that contribute to the risk of developing breast cancer have been identified by a major international collaboration...
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Breast cancer genetic variants found to alter how cells respond to oestrogen
29 Feb 2016 An international study of almost 120,000 women has newly identified five genetic variants affecting risk of breast cancer, all of which are believed...
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Cambridge gene hunters find two new breast cancer genes
30 Mar 2009 Two new regions of the human genome linked to breast cancer have been found by an international team of scientists led by Cambridge University...
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