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Type 1 diabetes and Crohn's disease genes identified

07 Jun 2007

A major collaboration of UK scientists has provided an insight into the genetics underlying a number of diseases including Crohn's disease, a type of...

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You are what you eat: Investigating nutrition and cancer

01 Apr 2007

We all know that a good diet is key to good health, but it's now clear that certain foods we eat can unmask underlying susceptibilities to cancer.

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Functional MRI scan

Why are we so fat?

01 Apr 2007

For some people, the urge to eat is uncontrollable. Cambridge scientists have taken us a step closer to understanding the causes of obesity by...

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