AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 17, 2024 ~5 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


AI-driven techniques reveal new targets for drug discovery

Researchers have developed a method to identify new targets for human disease, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 27, 2023 ~5 min

Slow-moving shell of water can make Parkinson’s proteins ‘stickier’

Water – which makes up the majority of every cell in the body – plays a key role in how proteins, including those associated with Parkinson’s disease, fold,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 15, 2022 ~6 min

Gene discovery indicates motor neurone diseases caused by abnormal lipid processing in cells

A new genetic discovery adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid (fat) processing pathways inside brain

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 20, 2022 ~6 min

Alzheimer’s disease causes cells to overheat and ‘fry like an egg’

Researchers have shown that aggregation of amyloid-beta, one of two key proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, causes cells to overheat and ‘fry like an

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 31, 2022 ~6 min

Scientists identify the cause of Alzheimer’s progression in the brain

For the first time, researchers have used human data to quantify the speed of different processes that lead to Alzheimer’s disease and found that it develops

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 29, 2021 ~6 min

Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice

Scientists at Cambridge and Leeds have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 22, 2021 ~5 min


Gene therapy technique shows potential for repairing damage caused by glaucoma and dementia

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have shown in animal studies that gene therapy may help repair some of the damage caused in chronic neurodegenerative

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 31, 2021 ~6 min

Function identified of ‘mystery protein’ that kills healthy brain cells of people with Parkinson’s

Scientists have made a ‘vital step’ towards understanding the origins of Parkinson’s disease – the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 11, 2021 ~5 min

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