Cambridge researchers awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council

Eleven senior researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council – the highest number of grants

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 17, 2025 ~6 min

‘AI scientist’ suggests combinations of widely available non-cancer drugs can kill cancer cells

An ‘AI scientist’, working in collaboration with human scientists, has found that combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2025 ~5 min


Enhanced breast cancer screening in the UK could detect an extra 3,500 cancers per year, trial shows

Researchers in Cambridge are calling for additional scans to be added to breast screening for women with very dense breasts. This follows a large-scale trial,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 21, 2025 ~5 min

New approach to treating aggressive breast cancers shows significant improvement in survival

A new treatment approach significantly improves survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancers, according to Cambridge researchers.

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May 13, 2025 ~7 min

Removing ovaries and fallopian tubes linked to lower risk of early death among certain breast cancer patients

Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 7, 2025 ~6 min

Throwing a ‘spanner in the works’ of our cells’ machinery could help fight cancer, fatty liver disease… and hair loss

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of our cells, allows us to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 18, 2025 ~5 min

Mouse study suggests a common diabetes drug may prevent leukaemia

Metformin, a widely used and affordable diabetes drug, could prevent a form of acute myeloid leukaemia in people at high risk of the disease, a study in mice

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 17, 2025 ~6 min

Scientists create 'metal detector' to hunt down tumours

Cambridge researchers have created a ‘metal detector’ algorithm that can hunt down vulnerable tumours, in a development that could one day revolutionise the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 10, 2025 ~6 min


Scientists discover how aspirin could prevent some cancers from spreading

Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 5, 2025 ~7 min

£10 million programme to use AI and state-of-the-art analytics to fight cancer

Cambridge researchers are to lead a £10million project that could result in doctors being able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 22, 2025 ~5 min

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