UK-wide trials to begin on blood tests for diagnosing dementia

Cambridge researchers are helping lead countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia, in a bid to improve the UK’s

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~6 min

Scientists identify genes linked to DNA damage and human disease

Cambridge scientists have identified more than one hundred key genes linked to DNA damage through systematic screening of nearly 1,000 genetically modified

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 16, 2024 ~3 min


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

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 16, 2023 ~4 min

HIV drug helps protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins in mouse brains

Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain’s ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington’s disease and other forms of dementia – and how,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 26, 2023 ~6 min

Gene therapy approach to boost ‘cold shock protein’ in the brain without cooling protects mice against neurodegenerative disease

Scientists in Cambridge and Berlin have used a form of gene therapy to increase levels of the so-called ‘cold shock protein’ in the brains of mice, protecting

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 24, 2023 ~5 min

Scientists detect dementia signs as early as nine years ahead of diagnosis

Cambridge scientists have shown that it may be possible to spot signs of brain impairment in patients as early as nine years before they receive a diagnosis

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 13, 2022 ~5 min

Social isolation may impact brain volume in regions linked to higher risk of dementia

Social isolation is linked to lower brain volume in areas related to cognition and a higher risk of dementia, according to research published today in

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 8, 2022 ~4 min

‘Stressed’ cells offer clues to eliminating build-up of toxic proteins in dementia

It’s often said that a little stress can be good for you. Now scientists have shown that the same may be true for cells, uncovering a newly-discovered

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 6, 2022 ~5 min


Seven hours of sleep is optimal in middle and old age, say researchers

Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards, with too little or too much little sleep associated with poorer cognitive

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 28, 2022 ~5 min

Study suggests lithium may decrease risk of developing dementia

Researchers have identified a link which suggests that lithium could decrease the risk of developing dementia, which affects nearly one million people in the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 17, 2022 ~4 min

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