The human body has 37 trillion cells. If we can work out what they all do, the results could revolutionise healthcare

Pioneered by the Human Cell Atlas consortium, our understanding of the human body is about to be transformed – and with it, the way we treat and prevent disease

Daniel M Davis, Professor of Immunology, University of Manchester • conversation
July 7, 2022 ~24 min

Cystic fibrosis drugs may hold key to other diseases

The way cystic fibrosis drugs bind the CFTR gene could lead to treatments for other misfolded protein diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
Jan. 25, 2022 ~6 min


Ability of multi-drug resistant infection to evolve within cystic fibrosis patients highlights need for rapid treatment

Scientists have been able to track how a multi-drug resistant organism is able to evolve and spread widely among cystic fibrosis patients – showing that it can

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 29, 2021 ~7 min

Cystic fibrosis mucus acts like sushi rice

Excess mucus that affects people with cystic fibrosis stick together when compressed. Think of it the same way compressed rice sticks to food to make sushi.

Amerigo Allegretto-Pitt • futurity
Nov. 16, 2020 ~5 min

Machine learning comes of age in cystic fibrosis

World-leading AI technology developed by the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine and their colleagues – some of which is being showcased this week at the North

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 23, 2020 ~6 min

Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute receives major funding boost

Chris Skidmore, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, today announced a £30 million award to the University of Cambridge to support the new Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI).

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 10, 2019 ~5 min

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