“Incredible” diabetes management app now recommended by NICE
07 Nov 2023The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today (7 November 2023) recommended hybrid closed loop systems including the CamAPS...
“Get back to school” headlines eroded teacher wellbeing during the pandemic
06 Nov 2023Intense public pressure on teachers to “get back to school” during the COVID-19 lockdowns deepened an already widespread sense that they were...
Cancer drug could hold hope for treating inflammatory diseases including gout and heart diseases
01 Nov 2023A cancer drug currently in the final stages of clinical trials could offer hope for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory diseases, including...
Simple blood test can help diagnose bipolar disorder
25 Oct 2023Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with...
Journeys of discovery: Christine Holt on how our brains wire up
18 Oct 2023Christine Holt knew she’d solved one of the key puzzles of how brains wire-up, but convincing others was no easy matter.
New milestone for specialist children’s hospital in the East of England
12 Oct 2023Cambridge Children’s Hospital, which will be the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England, has been given the green light to...
Vulnerability to different COVID-19 mutations depends on previous infections and vaccination, study suggests
06 Oct 2023A person’s immune response to variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on their previous exposure – and differences in the...
Type 2 diabetes diagnosis at age 30 can reduce life expectancy by up to 14 years
03 Oct 2023An individual diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age 30 years could see their life expectancy fall by as much as 14 years, an international team of...
Autistic individuals have increased risk of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body
29 Sep 2023Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have complex health needs...
Risk of premature birth from smoking while pregnant more than double previous estimates
28 Sep 2023Cambridge researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers –...
AI-driven techniques reveal new targets for drug discovery
27 Sep 2023Researchers have developed a method to identify new targets for human disease, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.
New vaccine technology could protect from future viruses and variants
25 Sep 2023Studies of a ‘future-proof’ vaccine candidate have shown that just one antigen can be modified to provide a broadly protective immune response in...