Inside the new institute looking at early cancer
21 Sep 2022Today sees the launch of the Early Cancer Institute at Cambridge. Its mission is deceptively simple: to detect cancer early enough to cure it.
‘Digital mask’ could protect patients’ privacy in medical records
15 Sep 2022Scientists have created a ‘digital mask’ that will allow facial images to be stored in medical records while preventing potentially sensitive...
Cambridge Biomedical Campus celebrates 60 years with £2bn boost to UK economy
02 Sep 2022A new economic impact report details the financial contributions of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), which celebrates its 60th anniversary this...
Cannabis users no less likely to be motivated or able to enjoy life’s pleasure
01 Sep 2022Adult and adolescent cannabis users are no more likely than non-users to lack motivation or be unable to enjoy life’s pleasure, new research has...
Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests
01 Sep 2022Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests.
The PhD student encouraging young Black aspiring scientists to claim their place
30 Aug 2022When PhD student Sigourney Bell turned to Twitter to connect with other Black scientists, she could never have guessed that this would be the...
Pheasant meat sold for food found to contain many tiny shards of toxic lead
22 Aug 2022Eating pheasant killed using lead shot is likely to expose consumers to raised levels of lead in their diet, even if the meat is carefully prepared...
Medieval monks were ‘riddled with worms’, study finds
19 Aug 2022Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local friars were almost twice as likely as...
The doctor turned detective investigating the imprints of cancer
15 Aug 2022Self-confessed ‘nerd’ Serena Nik-Zainal went from hospital wards to the laboratory on a mission to provide patients with the best possible treatment...
Cambridge researchers change donor kidney blood type
15 Aug 2022Researchers have been able to alter the blood type of deceased donor kidneys using “molecular scissors”.
Just over half of six-year-olds in Britain meet physical activity guidelines
11 Aug 2022Fifty-three percent of six-year-olds met the recommended daily guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in a study carried out pre-...
Racial discrimination linked to increased risk of premature babies
05 Aug 2022Women who experience racial discrimination on the basis of their ethnicity, race or nationality are at increased risk of giving birth prematurely...