Cambridge and London hospitals to pioneer brain implants to combat alcohol and opioid addiction

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 17, 2025 ~4 min

Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage

A ‘chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication’ is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 3, 2025 ~7 min


Cambridge researchers developing brain implants for treating Parkinson’s disease

Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 23, 2025 ~4 min

Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 3, 2025 ~6 min

Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to fast-track radical new technologies to revolutionise brain health

A team from across the Cambridge life sciences, technology and business worlds has announced a multi-million-pound, three-year collaboration with the Advanced

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 9, 2024 ~7 min

Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to build new micro-machines that could revolutionise brain health

A team from across the Cambridge life sciences, technology and business worlds has announced a multi-million-pound, three-year collaboration with the Advanced

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 9, 2024 ~7 min

Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 8, 2024 ~6 min

First map of every neuron in an adult fly brain complete

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 2, 2024 ~9 min


Artificial intelligence outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer’s disease

Cambridge scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 12, 2024 ~8 min

Genetic study points to oxytocin as possible treatment for obesity and postnatal depression

Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 2, 2024 ~6 min

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