Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time shown that it is possible to derive from a human embryo so-called ‘naïve’...
The process of ageing begins even before we are born, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge. In a...
The discovery of a brain circuit ‘shortcut’ could explain why some addicts unintentionally relapse, and suggests that a shift in focus for therapies...
There are many challenges facing people with spinal cord injury – and walking again is often the least of their problems. Cambridge research could...
Timothy Weil (Department of Zoology) and Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo (University of Bath) discuss the project that aims to make the fruit fly a model...
Researchers have shown that graphene can be used to make electrodes that can be implanted in the brain, which could potentially be used to restore...
Individuals addicted to cocaine may have difficulty in controlling their addiction because of a previously-unknown ‘back door’ into the brain...
Cambridge researchers have found the strongest evidence to date that human pluripotent stem cells – cells that can give rise to all tissues of the...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Z is for...
The fatter we are, the more our body appears to produce a protein that inhibits our ability to burn fat, suggests new research published in the...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, S is for...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, N is for...
