Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia

Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels can

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Nov. 16, 2023 ~4 min

Cancer drug could hold hope for treating inflammatory diseases including gout and heart diseases

A cancer drug currently in the final stages of clinical trials could offer hope for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory diseases, including gout,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 1, 2023 ~5 min


Combined steroid and statin treatment could reduce ‘accelerated ageing’ in preterm babies, study in rats suggests

Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to preterm babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in rats has

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 2, 2023 ~5 min

Reducing TV viewing to less than one hour a day could help prevent more than one in ten cases of coronary heart disease

Watching too much TV is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless of an individual’s genetic makeup, say a team of scientists at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 24, 2022 ~5 min

Lab-grown beating heart cells identify potential drug to prevent COVID-19-related heart damage

Cambridge scientists have grown beating heart cells in the lab and shown how they are vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection. In a study published in

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 5, 2021 ~4 min

New risk calculator to help save many more lives from heart attack and stroke

A new risk calculator will better predict people at high risk of heart and circulatory diseases years before they strike, and is ready for use across the UK

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June 14, 2021 ~5 min

Switching off heart protein could protect against heart failure

Switching off a heart muscle protein could provide a new way for drugs to combat heart failure in people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research led

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 27, 2021 ~4 min

Unhealthy patterns of diet, exercise, and sleep linked to high risk of cardiovascular disease in autistic people

Autistic people have far greater risks of long term physical health conditions than others, but the reasons for this remain unclear. New research from the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 10, 2021 ~4 min


New genetic clues point to new treatments for ‘silent’ stroke

Scientists have identified new genetic clues in people who have had small and often apparently ‘silent’ strokes that are difficult to treat and a major cause

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 25, 2021 ~4 min

Lack of understanding of common heart condition leads to missed treatment opportunities, study suggests

Poor awareness of a condition known as Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) – the cause of a half of all cases of heart failure in England –

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 3, 2020 ~6 min

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