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...
Prostate cancer cases risk late detection due to misleading urinary focus
04 Aug 2022Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and media...
Children with rare genetic disorders more likely to be diagnosed with developmental, behavioural and mental health problems
03 Aug 2022A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased...
Could this monster help you overcome anxiety?
29 Jul 2022In 2017, Ninja Theory, advised by Cambridge academic Professor Paul Fletcher, took the gaming world by storm with Hellblade, which accurately...
Prehistoric roots of cold sore virus traced through ancient DNA
27 Jul 2022First ancient herpes genomes to be sequenced suggest a Bronze Age flourishing linked to migrations into Europe and possibly the emergence of kissing.
Live long and prosper
14 Jul 2022Meet Daniel Ives, co-founder of a Cambridge start-up with one big ambition: to put an end to ageing and the diseases that come with it.
School-based mindfulness training programme fails to improve young people’s mental health
13 Jul 2022A standardised schools-based mindfulness training programme did not help young people’s mental health and well-being overall, but did improve school...