Scientists supercharge shellfish to tackle vitamin deficiency in humans
20 Jul 2020Cambridge scientists have developed a new way to fortify shellfish to tackle human nutrient deficiencies which cause severe health problems across...
Apathy not depression helps to predict dementia
14 Jul 2020Apathy offers an important early warning sign of dementia in individuals with cerebrovascular disease, but depression does not, research led by the...
COVID-19 and the interspecies frontier
08 Jul 2020Professor of World History, Sujit Sivasundaram, discusses how our long history with pangolins reveals the preconditions of both the pandemic and...
New artificial heart valve could transform open-heart surgery
29 Jun 2020A new type of artificial heart valve, made of long-lived polymers, could mean that millions of patients with diseased heart valves will no longer...
UK modelling study finds case isolation and contact tracing vital to COVID-19 epidemic control
16 Jun 2020In the absence of a vaccine or highly effective treatments for COVID-19, combining isolation and intensive contact tracing with physical distancing...
Striking differences revealed in COVID-19 mortality between NHS trusts
12 Jun 2020A University of Cambridge team led by Professor Mihaela van der Schaar and intensive care consultant Dr Ari Ercole of the Cambridge Centre for AI in...
Widespread facemask use could shrink the ‘R’ number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave – study
10 Jun 2020Even basic homemade masks can significantly reduce transmission if enough people wear them when in public, according to latest modelling. Researchers...
Improved MRI scans could aid in development of arthritis treatments
09 Jun 2020An algorithm that analyses MRI images and automatically detects small changes in knee joints over time could be used in the development of new...
Codecheck confirms reproducibility of COVID-19 model results
09 Jun 2020Cambridge researcher confirms reproducibility of high-profile Imperial College coronavirus computational model.
Harnessing AI in the fight against COVID-19
04 Jun 2020AI assisted COVID-19 diagnostic and prognostic tool could improve resource allocation and patient outcomes.
Antibody designed to recognise pathogens of Alzheimer’s disease
25 May 2020Researchers have found a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells – a potential advance in...
COVID-19: The long view
22 May 2020The COVID-19 pandemic should only present a short-term interruption to 250 years of improving life expectancy, argues historian Leigh Shaw-Taylor.