Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia
16 Nov 2023Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these...
UK ‘sugar tax’ linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth extraction
15 Nov 2023The UK soft drinks industry levy introduced in 2018 may have saved more than 5,500 hospital admissions for tooth extractions, according to an...
COVID-19 showed the importance of genomic surveillance – we need it to help fight antimicrobial resistance
14 Nov 2023During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance proved vital in helping understand the evolution and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, an...
“It's not one single trauma, it’s hundreds of traumas”
09 Nov 2023Policies aimed at addressing the migrant crisis need to take into account the serious mental health issues faced by refugees and asylum seekers, say...
“Incredible” diabetes management app now recommended by NICE
07 Nov 2023The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today (7 November 2023) recommended hybrid closed loop systems including the CamAPS...
“Get back to school” headlines eroded teacher wellbeing during the pandemic
06 Nov 2023Intense public pressure on teachers to “get back to school” during the COVID-19 lockdowns deepened an already widespread sense that they were...
Cancer drug could hold hope for treating inflammatory diseases including gout and heart diseases
01 Nov 2023A cancer drug currently in the final stages of clinical trials could offer hope for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory diseases, including...
Simple blood test can help diagnose bipolar disorder
25 Oct 2023Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with...
Journeys of discovery: Christine Holt on how our brains wire-up
18 Oct 2023Christine Holt knew she’d solved one of the key puzzles of how brains wire-up, but convincing others was no easy matter.
New milestone for specialist children’s hospital in the East of England
12 Oct 2023Cambridge Children’s Hospital, which will be the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England, has been given the green light to...
Vulnerability to different COVID-19 mutations depends on previous infections and vaccination, study suggests
06 Oct 2023A person’s immune response to variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on their previous exposure – and differences in the...
Type 2 diabetes diagnosis at age 30 can reduce life expectancy by up to 14 years
03 Oct 2023An individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age 30 years could see their life expectancy fall by as much as 14 years, an international team of...