Scientists identify rare gene variants that confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity
04 Apr 2024Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.
UK-wide trials to begin on blood tests for diagnosing dementia
04 Apr 2024Cambridge researchers are helping lead countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia, in a bid to improve...
UK's only research institute dedicated to understanding early cancer receives £11 million donation
02 Apr 2024The University of Cambridge’s Early Cancer Institute – the UK's only research facility dedicated to understanding early cancer – has received a...
‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention
28 Mar 2024Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in...
Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its political radicalism, new book argues
28 Mar 2024A new cultural history of the 1970s wellness industry offers urgent lessons for today. It reveals that in the seventies, wellness was neither...
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Anna Moore
26 Mar 2024Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and programme lead, Dr Anna Moore, discusses the NIHR BioResource’s national...
CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Adrian Liston
17 Mar 2024Adrian Liston, Professor of Pathology at the University of Cambridge, talks about our extraordinary immune system ahead of his event, Diversity in...
Cambridge ReseARch Trail
14 Mar 2024A new augmented reality trail, launched as part of the Cambridge Festival, is showcasing the world leading research of the University of Cambridge in...
Marking International Women’s Day at the Cambridge Festival
08 Mar 2024From pre-eclampsia and its lasting impact on women’s health to inequitable distribution of domestic and caring labour in different-sex couples to an...
AI predicts healthiness of food menus
08 Mar 2024Cambridge researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict the healthiness of café, takeaway and restaurant menus at outlets across Britain...
Genetic mutation in a quarter of all Labradors hard-wires them for obesity
06 Mar 2024New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to...