£16million gift to support Europe’s largest heart and lung research centre

A Cambridge institute dedicated to improving cardiovascular and lung health has received a £16 million gift from Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 23, 2023 ~5 min

Identification of ‘violent’ processes that cause wheezing could lead to better diagnosis and treatment for lung disease

A team of engineers has identified the ‘violent’ physical processes at work inside the lungs which cause wheezing, a condition that affects up to a quarter of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 24, 2021 ~6 min


‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection

‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how

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

Punctured lung affects almost one in a hundred hospitalised COVID-19 patients

As many as one in 100 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 develop a pneumothorax – a ‘punctured lung’ – according to a study led by Cambridge

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 10, 2020 ~4 min

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