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Supporting National Inclusion Week
National Inclusion Week campaign aims to celebrate everyday inclusion in all its forms. Read more
How is research helping with life-saving liver transplants?
Professor Ludovic Vallier, theme lead for transplantation and regenerative medicine explains about the latest research that is happening in Cambridge. Read more
Journey of the Cytosponge
How does an idea for a new diagnostic test become a reality? Follow the journey of the cytosponge or ’pill on a string’, a revolutionary new test to detect Barrett’s oesophagus.Read more
World first for AI and machine learning to treat Covid patients worldwide
Researchers across the world have used artificial intelligence to predict Covid patients’ oxygen needs on a global scale.Read more
Cambridge researchers win Croonian Medal and Lecture 2022
Congratulations to our Metabolism, Endocrinology and Bone theme lead, Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly and to Sadaf Farooqi, Professor of Metabolism and Medicine, who have been awarded the Croonian Medal and Lecture 2022 from Read more
Link between amino acid and a range of common diseases could help predict personal risk
Researchers have identified associations between mitochondrial DNA variants and an amino acid, and effects on the risk of developing a range of common, late-onset illnesses.Read more
Researchers eye up new gene therapy trial that could reverse hereditary blindness
Restoration of sight from a rare genetic mutation may now become a reality thanks to a prestigious award from the NIHR and Moorfields Eye Charity.Read more
New gene variants identified that cause hypertension in pregnant women
Researchers have found a unique pair of gene variants that cause sudden onset high blood pressure in pregnant women.Read more
Artificial pancreas trialled for outpatients with type 2 diabetes for first time
An artificial pancreas could soon help people living with type 2 diabetes and who also require kidney dialysis.Read more
Genomics front and centre in blood matching
The international Blood transfusion Genomics Consortium launches to expand cutting-edge genomics for more accurate blood typing.Read more
Updated risk model helps doctors predict and prevent cardiovascular disease
Research developing the European Society of Cardiology cardiovascular disease risk prediction calculator to aid efforts to reduce the burden of CVD in Europe.Read more
Cambridge GPs launch ‘pill on a string’ cancer check
A Cambridge device to spot early signs of cancer is being trialled for the first time to GP patients in the UK.Read more
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