Put motivated people together to talk rare disease research and network and you can expect an interesting evening. And that’s what happened when over 150 people attended the public evening, hosted by Read more
A device developed by a Cambridge researcher to make prostate biopsies safer has begun clinical trials.
University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) researcher and urologist, Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam (right), first developed Read more
The research team behind a clinical trial to investigate a preventative therapy for rheumatoid arthritis are greatly encouraged after exceeding their patient recruitment target.
The study, supported by the NIHR Joint Translational Research Read more
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing problem in hospitals and other healthcare settings…Read more
When we talk about “capacity building”, we simply mean the way we help to develop, train and support the next generation of researchers, scientists…Read more
Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are the leading causes of premature death worldwide; in the UK alone, 1 in 4 of us will die from heart disease…Read more
There are five facilities on the Cambridge Biomedical Research Campus that work together to help clinical researchers…Read more
As the population ages, we are likely to see more and more patients developing chronic (long-lasting) degenerative brain diseases…Read more
This theme aims to transform our understanding, management and treatment of major intestinal and liver diseases…Read more
The immune system is a complex system in the body that ‘seeks and destroys’ invaders and protects us against infection…Read more
The last 10 years have seen an extraordinary revolution in our ability to sequence (order) the human genome in large numbers of people…Read more
Mental health disorders, like depression, addiction and psychosis (when you ‘lose touch’ with reality and may experience hallucinations…Read more
Our research is helping to increase our understanding about metabolic, endocrine and musculoskeletal diseases…Read more
The number of people with neurological disease in the UK is rising. This is due both to advances in patient care and treatment and to the fact…Read more
How do dietary, nutritional and lifestyle behaviours lead to chronic (long-lasting) diseases? And how can we develop treatments or cures…Read more
More than half of clinical studies fail, usually because the drug being tested simply doesn’t work very well…Read more
Organ transplantation is life-transforming and life-saving for hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide…Read more
The Cambridge BRC Women’s Health and paediatrics research focuses on treating and preventing health issues…Read more
