Role of inherited genetic variants in rare blood cancer uncovered
17 Jan 2024Combining three different sources of genetic information has allowed researchers to further understand why only some people with a common mutation go...
Significant gaps in COVID-19 vaccine uptake may have led to over 7,000 hospitalisations and deaths
15 Jan 2024Between a third and a half of the populations of the four UK nations had not had the recommended number of COVID vaccinations and boosters by summer...
Accelerating how new drugs are made with machine learning
15 Jan 2024Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could...
Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in bodyweight among people with overweight or obesity
10 Jan 2024Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in bodyweight when measured one month later, new research from the...
Ancient DNA reveals reason for high MS and Alzheimer's rates in Europe
10 Jan 2024Researchers have created the world’s largest ancient human gene bank, and used it to map the historical spread of genes – and diseases – over time as...
New trial of 'pill-on-a-thread' brings screening for oesophageal cancer closer
09 Jan 2024A man from Cambridge is the first to join the surveillance part of a clinical trial that could see routine screening for oesophageal cancer...
Pioneering transplant surgeon Sir Roy Calne dies aged 93
08 Jan 2024Professor Sir Roy Calne, the pioneering transplant surgeon who carried out the first liver transplant in the UK during his time at Cambridge, has...
University academics ranked among best in the world
21 Dec 2023Twelve academics from the University of Cambridge have been ranked among the top female scientists in the world - with one claiming the top spot for...
Ageing: can we add more life to our years?
20 Dec 2023Research advances at the University of Cambridge mean that the eternal quest to reverse the march of time may soon become a reality.
Cambridge Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed Executive Chair of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
19 Dec 2023Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and International Partnerships at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed...
Clinicians rank patient views as least important in diagnosis, study finds
18 Dec 2023Experts today call for more value to be given to patients’ ‘lived experiences’ as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple...
Why seven in ten women experience pregnancy sickness
13 Dec 2023A Cambridge-led study has shown why many women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – and why some women, including the Duchess of...