New Heart and Lung Research Institute opens
11 July 2022A major new institute opens today, bringing together the largest concentration of scientists and clinicians in heart and lung medicine in Europe.
Ground-breaking ceremony celebrates start of construction work on new Heart and Lung Research Institute in Cambridge
27 February 2020The University of Cambridge and Royal Papworth Hospital held an official ground-breaking ceremony at the new Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI) in Cambridge earlier today. The Institute is based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and will create the largest cardiothoracic centre for research, education, industry collaboration, and clinical care in Europe.
Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute receives major funding boost
10 July 2019Chris Skidmore, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, announced on 10 July 2019 a £30 million award to the University of Cambridge to support the new Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI).
Vice-Chancellor’s awards recognise the difference researchers make to society
13 July 2017An open source, 3D-printable microscope that forms the cornerstone of rapid, automated water testing kits for use in low and middle-income countries, has helped a Cambridge researcher and his not-for-profit spin-out company win the top prize in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards at the University of Cambridge.
Hope for first treatment targeting cause of debilitating heart and lung disease
17 June 2015A protein that targets the effects of a faulty gene could offer the first treatment targeting the major genetic cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and carried out at the University of Cambridge.
Breathtaking: new treatments for a fatal lung disease
07 March 2013Research paves the way for new approaches in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive lung disease that can lead to heart failure within three years.
