The ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and scientific...
Researchers have discovered a specific brain region underlying ‘goal-directed behaviour’ – that is, when we consciously do something with a...
Researchers in Cambridge’s Bioelectronics Lab are developing implantable devices to bypass nerve damage and restore movement to paralysed limbs.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have shown in animal studies that gene therapy may help repair some of the damage caused in chronic...
We’re used to the idea that as adults we have some control over our destiny: what we eat and drink and how much we exercise can affect our health...
The brain is uniquely protected against invading bacteria and viruses, but its defence mechanism has long remained a mystery. Now, a study in mice...
Over-activity in a single brain region called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) underlies several key symptoms of mood and anxiety...
Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively...
The first stages of placental development take place days before the embryo starts to form in human pregnancies. This new finding highlights the...
Mitochondrial therapy in complicated pregnancies lowers the chance of cardiovascular problems in the offspring.
New research, based on earlier results in mice, suggests that our brains are never at rest, even when we are not learning anything about the world...
