Landmark 'pill-on-a-thread' cancer screening trial welcomes first participants
28 Nov 2024A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed...
Cartographers of the human body: the Human Cell Atlas
20 Nov 2024The Human Cell Atlas is an ambitious project to map every cell in the human body. Its co-lead, Professor Sarah Teichmann, explains how the initiative...
‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression
18 Nov 2024Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression...
Glaucoma drug shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases, animal studies suggest
31 Oct 2024A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which...
AI algorithm accurately detects heart disease in dogs
29 Oct 2024Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease...
Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression
28 Oct 2024A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain has been shown to be effective at rapidly treating depression in...
Professor David Rowitch elected to US National Academy of Medicine
21 Oct 2024Professor David Rowitch, Head of the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Cambridge, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy...
Cambridge and GSK announce new five-year collaboration aiming for improved outcomes for patients with hard-to-treat kidney and respiratory diseases
21 Oct 2024The ambition of the partnership is to treat immune-related diseases more precisely with existing therapies and to rapidly develop new ones.
10 Cambridge spinouts changing the story of cancer
17 Oct 202410 Cambridge spinouts on putting their research into practice to improve outcomes for cancer patients - and why Cambridge is a great place to do this.
Cambridge's Raj Jena becomes UK's first Professor of AI in radiotherapy
17 Oct 2024The creation of the new Clinical Professorship signals the importance of AI in the fight against cancer and builds on the University’s work to apply...
Supertroopers: CAR-T cell cancer therapy
16 Oct 2024A life-saving cancer therapy is being scaled up in Cambridge to deliver more treatments to more patients for more cancers.
Cancer Research UK makes unprecedented £173m investment in University of Cambridge
15 Oct 2024Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has today announced a £173 million investment in its institute at the University of Cambridge - the largest single grant...