University of Cambridge launches roadmap to support future growth of life sciences cluster

Connect: Health Tech, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Zone, has today launched a roadmap, ‘Creating a University Enterprise Zone for Cambridge across

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 16, 2021 ~5 min

Top UK organisations release annual statistics for use of animals in research

The ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and scientific research -

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 15, 2021 ~6 min


Women economists underrepresented ‘at every level’ in UK academia – report

New research shows the gender gap in the teaching and study of economics is still dramatic and actually getting worse. Economists argue that this is not just a

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 13, 2021 ~4 min

Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains

The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly linked to temperature. Colder, harsher climates drove

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July 8, 2021 ~5 min

Rare genetic variants confer largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk seen to date

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants – carried by one in 3,000 people – that have a larger impact on the risk of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 7, 2021 ~4 min

Early humans were sheltered from worst effects of volcanic supereruption

A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human populations

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 5, 2021 ~3 min

Autistic individuals may be more likely to use recreational drugs to self-medicate their mental health

While autistic individuals are less likely to use substances, those who do so are more likely to self-medicate for their mental health symptoms, according to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 1, 2021 ~7 min

British consumers complicit in forty-year ‘healthy eating’ failure, new study suggests

‘Healthy eating’ campaigns have largely failed in Britain for the last four decades because consumers have adapted confusing advice, and incorporated fast and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 1, 2021 ~9 min


Scientists identify 160 new drugs that could be repurposed against COVID-19

Cambridge scientists have identified 200 approved drugs predicted to work against COVID-19 – of which only 40 are currently being tested in COVID-19 clinical

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 30, 2021 ~4 min

Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically

When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 29, 2021 ~6 min

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