How new model boosts supply and lowers prices for generic drugs
21 Sep 2023First empirical evidence for Civica Rx, a health care utility, finds increased supply security and reduced costs for health systems, says study in...
Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all
20 Sep 2023The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at...
Developing ‘kinder’ treatments for a devastating childhood cancer
20 Sep 2023Neuroblastomas can be devastating to children and their families and the treatments can be harsh. But thanks to scientists, some tadpoles and a...
Over a third of UK medical students do not receive sexual misconduct training
12 Sep 2023More than a third of newly qualified doctors are leaving UK medical schools without any education on sexual misconduct specifically relating to the...
Healthy lifestyle can help prevent depression – and new research may explain why
11 Sep 2023A healthy lifestyle that involves moderate alcohol consumption, a healthy diet, regular physical activity, healthy sleep and frequent social...
Apollo Therapeutics secures $226.5 million to translate fundamental research into medicines
06 Sep 2023Apollo Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company originally set up by three UK universities (Cambridge, Imperial College London and University...
Scientists develop test to identify people at risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia and related cancers
24 Aug 2023The new ‘MN-predict’ platform will allow doctors and scientists to identify those at risk and to design new treatments to prevent them from...
MICROBIOME: the kingdom of the gut
24 Aug 2023What's so special about the bacteria in our bowels?
Inclusion, innovation... and cocktail curation
22 Aug 2023Co-founder and CEO of Start Codon, Jason Mellad on helping healthcare start-ups thrive and why inclusion and diversity will change the world.
Leading Cambridge neuroscientist appointed as Executive Chair of Medical Research Council
22 Aug 2023Professor Patrick Chinnery, Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed as the new Executive...
International collaboration identifies new breast cancer susceptibility genes
17 Aug 2023A large-scale international collaboration has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to...
Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is organised
17 Aug 2023The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain – encompassing some 36,000 brain scans – has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked...