University of Cambridge
Delivering better ways of preventing stillbirth
(Medical Xpress) -- Despite recent dramatic reductions in cot death rates in the UK, and the development of sophisticated screening for Down’s syndrome, preventing stillbirth is proving tougher to tackle. ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 14, 2012 |
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Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
Scientists have identified a protein which regulates the activation of brown fat in both the brain and the body's tissues. Their research, which was conducted in mice, was published today, Friday 11 May, in the journal Cell.
Medical research
May 10, 2012 |
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New technique could transform epigenetics research
(Medical Xpress) -- Collaboration between scientists at Cambridge University and the Babraham Institute have demonstrated a new technique that will significantly improve scientists' ability to perform epigenetics ...
Genetics
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Teaching old cells new tricks
Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’s research in the Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative ...
Medical research
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Chronic cocaine use may speed up aging of brain
New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that chronic cocaine abuse accelerates the process of brain ageing. The study, published today 25 April in Molecular Psychiatry, found that age-related loss o ...
Addiction
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Wiring the brain
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a simple mathematical model of the brain which provides a remarkably complete statistical account of the complex web of connections ...
Neuroscience
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Autophagy: When 'self-eating' is good for you
(Medical Xpress) -- New discoveries by Cambridge scientists about a molecular waste-disposal process that ‘eats’ bacteria are influencing the clinical management of cystic fibrosis, and could be ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Cambridge psychotic disorders study charts the past to anticipate the future
A new Cambridge-led study has examined the past 60 years of incidence data on psychotic disorders in England in the hope that the data can reveal clues about the possible social factors which appear to underpin ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2012 |
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'Back To Sleep' message took longer to reach deprived areas
The “Back To Sleep” campaign, which played a crucial role in preventing SIDS in the 1990s, took up to 15 years to work in areas of high socio-economic deprivation, a new study reveals.
Health
Mar 19, 2012 |
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The next decade of mental health drugs
Academics advocate for changes to how we development better treatments for mental health.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Rainforest remedy could spell end of dental pain
(Medical Xpress) -- An ancient Incan toothache remedy – for centuries handed down among an indigenous people in the rainforests of Peru – could be on the cusp of revolutionising worldwide dental ...
Medications
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Wiping memories to tackle alcoholism
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Cambridge believe connections developed in the brain between the ‘drug high’ of alcohol and the situations in which it’s used create loaded ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Artificial liver cells win their creator prize for their potential to reduce animal experiments
Cambridge research that created liver cells from stem cells has today been recognised with a national prize by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).
Medical research
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Study examines number of GP visits before cancer patients are referred to specialists
More than three quarters (77%) of cancer patients who first present to their family doctors (GPs) with suspicious symptoms are referred to hospital after only one or two consultations, a new study has found. However, the ...
Cancer
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Exposure to micronutrients pre-pregnancy associated with gene modifications in offspring
The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were ...
Genetics
Feb 22, 2012 |
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