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‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits

30 April 2019

Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation ‘fingerprints’ that could help doctors pinpoint the environmental culprit responsible for a patient’s tumour – including showing some of the fingerprints left in lung tumours by specific chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Mutational signatures...

Discovery of genetic variants that protect against obesity and type 2 diabetes could lead to new weight loss medicines

30 April 2019

Around four million people in the UK carry genetic variants that protect them from obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The team say the discovery could lead to the development of new drugs that help people lose weight. This study drives home the fact that...

Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies

30 April 2019

A prescription drug to treat high blood pressure has shown promise against conditions such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and forms of dementia in studies carried out in mice and zebrafish at the University of Cambridge. The drug will need to be tested in patients to see if it has the same effects in humans as it does in...

Evidence-based web tool aims to better inform and refine need for treatment in early prostate cancer

14 March 2019

A new tool to predict an individual’s prognosis following a prostate cancer diagnosis could help prevent unnecessary treatment and related side effects, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. We believe this tool could significantly reduce the number of unnecessary – and potentially harmful – treatments that...

HIV remission achieved in second patient

7 March 2019

A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment, according to a study published today in Nature. At the moment the only way to treat HIV is with medications that suppress the virus, which people need to take for their entire lives, posing a particular challenge in developing countries...

Wren Therapeutics secures £18 million in funding to tackle protein misfolding diseases

25 January 2019

Wren Therapeutics secures £18 million in funding to tackle protein misfolding diseases A biopharmaceutical company set-up by Cambridge academics from St John's College to develop drugs to treat illnesses such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s and more than 50 other related diseases has won £18 million in a Series A financing...

GPs could use breast cancer 'calculator' to predict risk to women

15 January 2019

Scientists devise method using genetic data and lifestyle to work out who should be screened. Women may be able to go to their GP to find out their risk of getting breast cancer and choose whether or not to be screened, if a new online calculator devised by scientists is successful. Cancer Research UK scientists have...

Automated phone calls may help patients to take medicines as prescribed, pilot study suggests

7 January 2019

Automated phone calls may help patients to take medicines as prescribed, pilot study suggests Remembering to take medication is vital for managing long term health conditions such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or multiple conditions. Latest research from the University of Cambridge suggests that using...

Cambridge receives £100 million for major new children’s hospital

11 December 2018

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, has announced up to £100 million of public capital for an innovative children’s hospital for the east of England. This will be a new facility that is purpose-built to meet the needs of the region’s youngest patients, integrating mental and physical health and...

“Placental organoids” could be the future of pregnancy and conception research say researchers

5 December 2018

“Placental organoids” could be the future of pregnancy and conception research say researchers Researchers have successfully managed to develop “mini placentas” or placenta organoids in the laboratories that could transform research of pregnancy, conception, stillbirth, miscarriages and pregnancy diseases and disorders...

‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits

Discovery of genetic variants that protect against obesity and type 2 diabetes could lead to new weight loss medicines

Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies

Evidence-based web tool aims to better inform and refine need for treatment in early prostate cancer

HIV remission achieved in second patient

Wren Therapeutics secures £18 million in funding to tackle protein misfolding diseases

GPs could use breast cancer 'calculator' to predict risk to women

Automated phone calls may help patients to take medicines as prescribed, pilot study suggests

Cambridge receives £100 million for major new children’s hospital

“Placental organoids” could be the future of pregnancy and conception research say researchers

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