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This programme supports social care nurses to develop research skills and explore ideas arising from their day-to-day practice, while remaining in role.
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📢 Interested in Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) - October 2026?
There’s still time to join our webinar and find out more about this upcoming funding opportunity.
💻 29 June 2026 | 2.30–4pm
In partnership with @RCPCHtweets, this funding will support ambitious,
📣 Come and spend a day with the Cambridge NeuroWorks team showcasing the latest developments in #neurotech on Monday 15 June!
🔎 Learn about this exciting area of #research & #innovation with @CPFT_NHS to improve healthcare & treatments.
⚡Register ASAP ➡️https://cambridgeneuroworks.org/news-events/neuroworks-2026-scalable-neurotechnology-innovation-translation-and-transformative-treatments
We're expanding research, widening treatment options and tackling inequalities in prostate cancer care.
✅ All eligible Black men will be invited to join a landmark screening trial.
✅ A targeted NHS screening programme will also be rolled out.
More: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-expansion-of-research-and-treatment-for-prostate-cancer

Higher Circulating Testosterone Linked to Higher CAD Risk in Men: Mendelian Randomization and Survival Analyses
SMMILe enables accurate spatial quantification in digital pathology using multiple-instance learning
Common Diseases in Clinical Cohorts – Not Always What They Seem
Obesity due to MC4R deficiency is associated with reduced cholesterol, triglycerides and cardiovascular disease risk
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis
Integrated omics reveals disease-associated radial glia-like cells with epigenetically dysregulated interferon response in multiple sclerosis
Clinical potential of whole-genome data linked to mortality statistics in patients with breast cancer in the UK: a retrospective analysis
Polygenic risk score for breast cancer risk prediction in Asian BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants carriers
Identifying people with potentially undiagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies using natural language processing
The presymptomatic and early manifestations of semantic dementia
Surgery for pineal cysts with symptoms in the absence of hydrocephalus: a prospective cohort study
Reduced-energy diet in women with gestational diabetes: the dietary intervention in gestational diabetes DiGest randomized clinical trial
Glucagon Receptor Deficiency Causes Early-Onset Hepatic Steatosis
The long-term effects of chemotherapy on normal blood cells
Beta-adrenoceptor drugs and progression to Parkinson’s disease milestones in a large pooled incident cohort
Cambridge Neoadjuvant Cancer of the Prostate (CANCAP03): A Window Study into the Effects of Olaparib ± Degarelix in Primary Prostate Cancer
Neoadjuvant PARP inhibitor scheduling in BRCA1 and BRCA2 related breast cancer: PARTNER, a randomized phase II/III trial
Early childhood height, weight, and BMI development in children with monogenic obesity: a European multicentre, retrospective, observational study
A redefined indel taxonomy reveals insights into mutational signatures
Inherited predisposition to pneumothorax: Estimating the frequency of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome from genomics and population cohorts