Targeting painful tendons

09 September 2003
Tendon problems can be very painful and often have few effective treatments. A team of Cambridge researchers are hoping to find a more effective way of relieving the symptoms of tendon problems with the help of a research grant by the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc).
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Music of the spheres

09 September 2003
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have detected sound waves emanating from a black hole for the first time.
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Genetic links found for mental disorders

08 September 2003
Two major psychotic illnesses have been found to have a similar genetic cause. Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, or manic depression affects about 2 per cent of the population.
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Extending human life

04 September 2003

A conference this month will address one of the biggest scientific mysteries - how to extend human life.

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New Master for Trinity

04 September 2003
The new Master of Trinity College, Cambridge will be the Astronomer Royal Professor Sir Martin Rees, Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Cambridge. He succeeds the distinguished economist and Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen, who will retire from office on 14 January 2004.
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Are we too greedy?

03 September 2003
Sixty per cent of Britons believe they can not afford to buy everything they really need, according to a study of consumer perceptions undertaken by University of Cambridge visiting scholar Clive Hamilton.
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Cambridge Footlights boost ADC Theatre Appeal

29 August 2003

ADC Theatre cancellation notice: Please note that due to unforseen circumstances Cambridge Footlights 'benefit' performance of 'Non-Sexual Kissing', which was due to take place at Kilburn's Tricycle Theatre on Sunday 21 September, has had to be cancelled. 'Non-Sexual Kissing' can still be seen however at the ADC Theatre from Oct 7th - 11th at 11pm.

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Decoding life

26 August 2003
What do a computer programmer, a lab technician and a sociologist all have in common? They have all attended courses in genetics at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). Now the Institute has expanded its genetics course to a two-year Certificate Programme which starts for the first time this Autumn.
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New hope for women suffering from endometriosis

22 August 2003

Research by scientists from the Departments of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology sheds new light on the treatment of endometriosis. The study successfully demonstrated in the laboratory that drugs which disrupt blood vessel development could be an alternative method of treatment for the disease.

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Our cousin, the worm

22 August 2003
Cambridge scientists have recently discovered one of mankind's closest invertebrate relatives - a rare 3cm worm that resides in mud at the bottom of a Swedish fjord.
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