Health and medicine

The Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement

13 Dec 2023

Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

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Early Career Researcher 2023 - Dr Barry Coughlan

13 Dec 2023

The joint winner of the Early Career Researcher 2023 is Dr Barry Coughlan.

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From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to transform conservation

12 Dec 2023

Researchers from across the University have been recognised for their outstanding research impact and engagement.

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Researchers redesign future mRNA therapeutics to prevent potentially harmful immune responses

06 Dec 2023

Researchers have discovered that misreading of therapeutic mRNAs by the cell’s decoding machinery can cause an unintended immune response in the body...

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Alecia-Jane Twigger, one of the Future Leaders

Cambridge researchers recognised as Future Leaders by UKRI

04 Dec 2023

Four researchers are among the UK’s “most promising research leaders” who will benefit from £101 million from UKRI to tackle major global issues and...

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Newborn babies at risk from bacteria commonly carried by mothers

29 Nov 2023

One in 200 newborns is admitted to a neonatal unit with sepsis caused by a bacteria commonly carried by their mothers – much greater than the...

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Early-stage stem cell therapy trial shows promise for treating progressive MS

27 Nov 2023

An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS...

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Cambridge partners with AstraZeneca and Medical Research Council on new world-class functional genomics laboratory

27 Nov 2023

The facility, based at the Milner Therapeutics Institute, will support the discovery of new medicines and diagnostics for chronic diseases by...

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New report highlights increase in number of children and young people with eating disorders

21 Nov 2023

One in five children and young people have a probable mental health condition, according to The Mental Health of Children and Young People in England...

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Our brains are not able to ‘rewire’ themselves, despite what most scientists believe, new study argues

21 Nov 2023

Contrary to the commonly-held view, the brain does not have the ability to rewire itself to compensate for the loss of sight, an amputation or stroke...

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AI system self-organises to develop features of brains of complex organisms

20 Nov 2023

Cambridge scientists have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system – in much the same way that the human brain...

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Carbon-omics and global health

17 Nov 2023

Cambridge Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges

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