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Free public event on our latest inflammation research
Inflammation is an essential part of how we fight off infection but can persist even after an infection clears. Make a date in your diaries and book your places for our free public open afternoon and evening and hear all about our latest inflammation research. Read more
Global spotlight on Cambridge heart trial
A Cambridge trial which may help prevent patients from having repeat heart attacks, will be presented at the 30th European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, the largest cardiology conference globally.Read more
Cambridge professor receives top award for outstanding research in endocrinology
Professor Krishna Chatterjee has been awarded the Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research from the Endocrine Society.Read more
The role of a SAB and why it’s important
A personal reflection of the Scientific Advisory Board from Professor Miles Parkes, Director of NIHR Cambridge BRC, with a short video from the SAB event from researchers giving their thoughts about why the NIHR Cambridge BRC is a special place to conduct research.Read more
Patient and Public Involvement week returns and is a huge hit
Nearly 200 people attended an exciting week of Patient and Public Involvement events, the first event of its kind held on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.Read more
‘Gene misbehaviour’ widespread in healthy population
NIHR Cambridge BRC researchers have been involved in a major study published this week in the American Journal of Human Genetics that shows that gene misbehaviour – where genes are active when they Read more
Winners announced for 2024’s Cambridge PPI showcase event
Improving women’s access to pelvic health services, using drama and theatre to help interpret genetic data research and public engagement with paediatric IBD were all winners at the 2024 Cambridge Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) showcase.Read more
Artificial intelligence outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer’s disease
Cambridge researchers have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer’s disease.Read more
Researcher awarded prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Congratulations to Professor Nita Forouhi, NIHR Senior Investigator and co-theme lead for Nutrition, Obesity, Metabolism and Endocrinology, who has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.Read more
Cambridge researchers elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2024
Congratulations to our NIHR Cambridge BRC researchers who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.Read more
Baby born deaf can hear after breakthrough gene therapy
A baby girl born deaf can hear unaided for the first time, after receiving ground-breaking gene therapy trial supported by the NIHR Cambridge BRC. Read more
Taking part in research: a patient’s perspective
When Mike Willis retired four years ago, he was looking forward to learning new skills and exploring new opportunities.
But a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2022 forced Mike to revisit Read more
Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast cancer survivors
Survivors of breast cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing second cancers, including endometrial and ovarian cancer for women and prostate cancer for men, according to new research studying data from almost 600,000 NHS England patients.Read more
Launched today! Phone app supports parents and carers of pre-term and sick babies
A mobile app launched today for parents-to-be and parents and carers with babies in the Rosie Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) could make visits less stressful – with a range of 360-degree Read more
Prestigious lectureship award for NIHR Cambridge BRC stroke researcher
Congratulations to Dr Nicholas Evans, who has been awarded the prestigious Royal College of Physicians Linacre Lectureship.
The lectureship, which is awarded annually, is presented to a clinical academic under the age of Read more
Infants with brain injury may face social/emotional and behavioural complications, NIHR Cambridge BRC-supported study suggests
Babies who suffer brain injury before, during or shortly after birth because of lack of oxygen to the brain may face longer-term socioemotional and psychological complications, research supported by the NIHR Cambridge BRC Read more
How genetic testing answered questions for local family living with a rare disease
Baby Louisa was about six weeks old when her mum Michaela started to be concerned about her.
At the time, the family were living in Canada and Louisa – who was born with Read more
Treating newly-diagnosed Crohn’s patients with advanced therapy leads to dramatic improvements in outcomes
A large-scale clinical trial of treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease has shown that offering early advanced therapy to all patients straight after diagnosis can drastically improve outcomes, including by reducing the number of people requiring urgent abdominal surgery for treatment of their disease by ten-fold.Read more
Inspire Inclusion: research nurses discuss their careers for International Women’s Day
Cambridge research nurses took part in a podcast to discuss what inspired them to work in research and why International Women’s Day is important to them. Read more
No simple choices: tickets now open for our Cambridge Festival panel discussion on privacy and consent in health data research
How is health data used for research? What choices do researchers make when using patient data for their research?
And what impact do those choices have not only on the quality and reach Read more
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