Genomes front and centre of rare disease diagnosis
24 June 2020Cambridge-led study discovers new genetic causes of rare diseases, potentially leading to improved diagnosis and better patient care.
Faulty brain processing of new information underlies psychotic delusions, finds new research
24 June 2020Problems in how the brain recognizes and processes novel information lie at the root of psychosis, researchers from the University of Cambridge and King’s College...
New programme to accelerate AI research capability at Cambridge
24 June 2020A new initiative at Cambridge will equip young researchers outside computer science with the skills they need to use machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques...
Tackling COVID-19: Professor Ravi Gupta
18 June 2020“This virus is probably going to be circulating for years - it will take a long time to sort out.” In a building that has...
Stigma of broken family relationships compounded by lockdown
18 June 2020Lockdown restrictions have not brought estranged family members closer together, and recent focus on the importance of family support has made dealing with the pandemic...
Blood test to monitor cancer up to ten times more sensitive than current methods
17 June 2020A new method of analysing cancer patients’ blood for evidence of the disease could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods according...
People in England’s poorest towns ‘lose over a decade of good health’, research finds
17 June 2020Cambridge researchers find major health inequalities – as well as a geographic divide – between the most and least deprived English towns. They say that...
UK modelling study finds case isolation and contact tracing vital to COVID-19 epidemic control
16 June 2020In the absence of a vaccine or highly effective treatments for COVID-19, combining isolation and intensive contact tracing with physical distancing measures—such as limits on...
Professor David Abulafia awarded Wolfson History Prize 2020
16 June 2020Abulafia wins for his epic history of humanity’s relationship with the world’s oceans, The Boundless Sea.
AI reduces ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people by as much as half
15 June 2020Researchers have used artificial intelligence to reduce the ‘communication gap’ for nonverbal people with motor disabilities who rely on computers to converse with others....
