News/Events
First Addenbrooke’s Patient in National COVID-19 Trial
Today, Addenbrooke’s Hospital has enrolled our first patient into the national RECOVERY trial, led by Oxford researchers, which is hoping to identify potential treatments for COVID-19. The Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Read more
New National guidance for prioritising funding and support for COVID-19 research across the UK
Published by NIHR 26 March 2020:
Working with partners across the health and care system, NIHR is leading, enabling and delivering world-class COVID-19 research, a key element of the Government’s overall response to Read more
COVID-19 research studies at CUH
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic Cambridge University Hospitals has put in place measures to help researchers and research infrastructure deliver COVID-19 studies, whilst also supporting the care of patients with COVID-19 by Read more
Update on clinical research during the COVID-19 outbreak
As part of our response to COVID-19, some of our research activity will need to change.
We are reviewing all of our clinical research with Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and the University of Read more
Medovate working with CUH team to bring life-saving upper GI therapy device to market
Medical device company Medovate has secured the exclusive rights to bring to market a pioneering endoscopic surgical device.
The new device, ENDOVAC, has the potential to dramatically improve survival of patients with life-threatening Read more
World’s first artificial pancreas app licensed for people with type 1 diabetes in UK
Pioneering diabetes researcher Professor Roman Hovorka today launches the world’s first licensed, downloadable artificial pancreas app for people with type 1 diabetes.Read more
Celebrating International Women’s Day
This year for International Women’s Day, the NIHR Cambridge BRC highlighted some of their women working in research and making a real difference to the NHS, read their inspiring stories.Read more
It’s your data – so have your say in how it should be used
How do you think health data should be shared and used – and who should share it?
Now’s your chance to tell Cambridge researchers what you think about accessing, sharing and using YOUR Read more
New NIHR Cambridge BRC director appointed
The NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has announced Dr Miles Parkes will be the new director of the centre, based at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH).
Dr Miles Parkes is currently a consultant Read more
NIHR Cambridge BRC research highlights over 2019
From breath tests for cancer to finding the root of childhood kidney cancer, what are the research stories that NIHR Cambridge BRC supported or funded which hit the news over 2019? Click on Read more
Scientists discover root of childhood kidney cancer
A fundamental change in our understanding of the childhood kidney cancer Wilms’ tumour is on the horizon, after the discovery of its earliest genetic root by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Read more
Winning research poster at our Open Evening unveiled – as voted for by you!
Is DNA your destiny?
Not necessarily, according to Cambridge postdoctoral researcher Dr Kousik Kundu – whose poster was voted the public’s favourite at the NIHR Cambridge BRC Open Evening which took place last Read more
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