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Illustration of the human nervous system

Robotic nerve ‘cuffs’ could help treat a range of neurological conditions

26 Apr 2024

Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.

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Myelinated nerve fibres.

Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients

06 Jan 2012

Proof of principle study suggests the age-associated decline of the remyelination process is reversible.

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Neuro-tweets: #hashtagging the brain

06 May 2011

We like to think the human brain is special, something different from other brains and information processing systems, but a Cambridge professor set...

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Eye

Research award for the battle against glaucoma

16 Jun 2010

A Cambridge University researcher investigating eye cell transplants in the battle against glaucoma has been awarded £200,000 by the Fight for Sight...

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Waldmann, Clark and Hale

Campath: from innovation to impact

01 Aug 2009

The path from innovation to impact can be long and complex. Here we describe the 30-year journey behind the development of a drug now being used to...

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Neuron Connection

Brain stem cell discovery

01 Jul 2009

Insight could lead to new therapies to repair damage caused by MS.

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Stem cells transplanted into the eye

Glaucoma: the silent thief of sight

01 May 2009

New treatments for glaucoma are a key priority in vision research. Advances in stem cell technology in Cambridge are helping to make this dream a...

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Grasshopper

A brain chemical changes locusts from harmless grasshoppers to swarming pests

30 Jan 2009

Scientists have uncovered the underlying biological reason why locusts form migrating swarms. Their findings, reported in today's edition of Science...

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Nerve cell

New hopes for the nervous system: multiple sclerosis

01 Jan 2009

Cambridge neurologists have shown that an antibody used to treat leukaemia also limits and repairs the damage in multiple sclerosis.

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Nerve cell

New hopes for the nervous system: Parkinson's disease

01 Jan 2009

The way a common virus hijacks the cell it infects could hold the clue to combating Parkinson's disease.

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Chemistry

Cambridge graduate wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry

08 Oct 2008

A University of Cambridge graduate is one of three winners of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

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Medical Imaging

Expanding horizons for medical imaging

01 Sep 2008

Medical imaging in Cambridge is pushing the boundaries in diagnosis and therapy as well as helping scientists within their own disciplines.

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