A machine learning algorithm developed by Cambridge scientists was able to correctly identify in 97 cases out of 100 whether or not an individual had coeliac disease based on their biopsy, new research has shown.
Scientists have developed a new technique that has enabled ultra-powerful MRI scanners to identify tiny differences in patients’ brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. It has allowed doctors at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, to offer the patients surgery to cure their condition.
People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and improve self-control.
Vaccinations alone may not be enough to protect people with compromised immune systems from infection, even if the vaccine has generated the production of antibodies, new research from the University of Cambridge has shown.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that ambitious plans can proceed for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, which promises to change the story of cancer forever.
The creation of the new Clinical Professorship signals the importance of AI in the fight against cancer and builds on the University’s work to apply the latest technology to the world’s major challenges.
New, repurposed and combined treatments could soon transform prostate cancer outcomes, with DNA repair research informing promising clinical trials at Cambridge.
Find out about groundbreaking cancer research at Cambridge, including our planned new hospital, how we're studying the earliest stages of cancer, how AI is helping fight the disease, and the patients playing a key role in our work.
Researchers and clinicians are now welcoming new perspectives: those of people with experience of cancer.
Two-thirds of the public say they are very or somewhat worried about being told they have cancer – higher than for any other medical condition – according to polling released today.
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