Public health

Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that...

Cambridge BioResource provides a new approach to understanding why some of us suffer from certain common diseases while others don't.

Scientists have located a region of DNA which – when altered – can increase the risk of ovarian cancer, according to research published in Nature...

Having the brain changes of Alzheimer's disease is not necessarily associated with dementia in very elderly people, according to a new study.

Two new regions of the human genome linked to breast cancer have been found by an international team of scientists led by Cambridge University...

Improvements in education and health could reduce the number of elderly people who suffer from dementia, according to the first study in England to...

The rapid spread of tuberculosis in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has been fuelled by the economic policies of the International...

A new centre on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus next to Addenbrooke's Hospital will address the growing threat...