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1 May 2008: With a portfolio that encompasses MRC Units and Institutes, universities and hospitals, the MRC funds research that ranges from fundamental molecular biology through animal models and clinical research to population studies. ... Neuroscience, cancer and

1 Feb 2008: These samples then become the focus of extensive clinical and biological analyses to try to establish the cause. ... The hope is that this detailed characterisation of foetal development, on such a large scale, will lead to mechanistic studies on the

3 Jul 2015: Dr Amy Milton from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology relates how Requiem for a Dream, Hubert Selby’s bleak portrayal of drug addiction, motivated her to

15 Feb 2022: Develop clinical guidelines based upon the best possible contemporary research evidence to guide effective clinical interventions.

10 Oct 2018: The teenagers were scanned as part of the NeuroScience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN), set up in 2012 by Professor Ian Goodyer from the Department of Psychiatry with funding from the Wellcome

13 Oct 2022: of the conditions, or to help identify patients suitable for recruitment to clinical trials for new treatments. ... Dr Rittman said the findings could also help identify people who can participate in clinical trials for potential new treatments.

3 Aug 2015: State-of-the-art neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, combined with the innovative approach at Peak, will help bring the games industry to a new level and promote the benefits ... The impact of neuroscience on society: Cognitive enhancement in

8 Nov 2010: In some, the transplanted cells survive, grow and significant clinical improvements can be seen for as many as 15 years post-transplant. ... Barker and colleagues believed that hidden in the data from the clinical trials would be clear evidence for the

25 Jul 2008: success. GSK will provide operational support, access to its in-house clinical research and imaging facilities, and background preclinical data on the drug. ... working with them in this innovative new partnership between leading clinical scientists in

17 Feb 2016: Neuroscience is no longer just about neurons. We can also now talk in terms of hubs, networks and connectomes. ... Neuroscience is no longer just about neurons,” he explains. “We can also now talk in terms of hubs, networks and connectomes.

26 Jan 2017: The research adds to increasing evidence that household pets may have a major influence on child development, and could have a positive impact on children’s

20 May 2009: The research is published in the European Journal of Neuroscience. Dr Graham Murray, who is funded by the Medical Research Council and who led the research, said: "Sociability and emotional warmth

16 May 2011: A new study has revealed the possibility of using a simple test for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, enabling the condition to be identified before

12 Mar 2018: Finally, those with a clinical diagnosis blend seamlessly into those in the population who don’t have a diagnosis but simply have a lot of autistic traits.

29 Jul 2019: The discovery adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first proposed 20 years ago. In 2015, a team of scientists at the

28 Mar 2017: When David Adam was just 18, a teasing comment from a university friend triggered a series of thoughts that he had contracted HIV and would die of AIDS. This

4 Dec 2018: regions is causally responsible,” says Professor Angela Roberts from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.

14 Mar 2022: First author Dr Damiano Barone from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge said: “Foreign body reaction is currently an unavoidable complication of implantation and is one of ... NLRP3 inhibitors are being developed for

8 Dec 2020: School of Clinical Medicine.

1 Nov 2012: The results of these two phase III clinical trials were published today in the journal The Lancet. ... on both studies and Chair of the Steering Committee which oversaw these and earlier clinical trials.

3 Nov 2017: School of Clinical Medicine.

17 Jan 2017: In a study funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome, researchers from the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge investigated ... Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive

15 Jan 2018: Professor Patrick Chinnery, from the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, said: “We know that these devastating mitochondrial mutations can pop up

24 May 2019: Chan. VR could also help clinical trials of future drugs aimed at slowing down, or even halting, progression of Alzheimer’s disease. ... This lack of comparability of memory tests between animal models and human participants represents a major problem

24 Apr 2023: Dr Tianye Jia from the Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK

23 Nov 2015: In a study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, researchers also report that sex addicts are more susceptible to environment ‘cues’ linked to

6 May 2021: research.”. Professor Usha Goswami CBE FBA FRS. Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, and Director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education. ... He has applied a developmental neuroscience perspective to

11 Feb 2009: Dr Luke Clark of the Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University, said: "Gamblers often interpret near-misses as special events, which encourage them to continue to gamble.

28 May 2014: Professor Alastair Compston, Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, said: "I am delighted that the decision from NICE will make Lemtrada ... Campath-1H was identified as a potential

15 Jan 2020: The team recruited an advisory panel of autistic mothers with whom they co-developed an anonymous, online survey. After matching, this was completed by 355

21 Oct 2011: Darwin’s pioneering work will be featured alongside the latest research on autism and affective computing in a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration. The

17 Feb 2014: Clinical depression affects one in six people at some point in their lives. ... Until now, however, doctors have lacked a biomarker for clinical depression, partly because its causes and symptoms are so varied.

15 Mar 2022: This comes on the back of an Equality and Human Rights Commission report in June 2020 that warned that the CJS is failing those with learning disabilities and

9 Aug 2013: Autism affects different parts of the brain in females with autism than males with autism, a new study reveals. The research is published today in the journal

2 Dec 2019: suicide.”. A team of researchers, including Hilary Blumberg, MD, John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience at Yale, carried out a review of two decades’ worth of scientific literature relating

1 Jan 2009: Not only does this strategy head off sustained accumulation of disability but it also allows some existing damage to get better, a factor not seen in any previous clinical trials. ... For more information, please contact the author Professor Alastair

1 Jan 2009: Experiments are being designed in collaboration with Dr Roger Barker and Professor Maria Grazia Spillantini at the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, part of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, with the

27 Jan 2020: Previous studies in rats and small clinical trials involving children with ASD suggest that the drug bumetanide, which has been approved for use in oedema, a condition that results in a ... Dr Fei Li from Xinhua Hospital, Jiao Tong University School of

27 Feb 2020: Between 14-30% of children and adolescents worldwide have learning difficulties severe enough to require additional support. These difficulties are often

7 Mar 2019: A randomised trial directly comparing ventral capsule and anteromedial sub thalamic nucleus stimulation in obsessive compulsive disorder: Clinical and Imaging evidence for dissociable effects.

28 Oct 2020: The picture is complicated,” explained Dr Stefania Nannoni from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, the study’s first author. ... This so-called ‘cytokine storm’ could then cause brain damage. The team say

14 Jan 2019: Depression is now the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting more than 300 million people. The condition often first emerges in adolescence, a

16 Mar 2022: The Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study, funded by the NIHR, is published in The Lancet Neurology and provides data to assist in decision making and improving

25 Jul 2013: If you are trying to lose weight or save for the future, new research suggests avoiding temptation may increase your chances of success compared to relying on

4 Nov 2021: NHS. The study, led by researchers from the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit and Departments of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Genetics at the University of Cambridge, involved 319 families with suspected mitochondrial ... Dr Katherine Schon from the

12 May 2020: The UK was first placed on lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic on 23 March. Only essential businesses were allowed to remain open and everyone was

4 Oct 2006: In many patients with schizophrenia, cognitive difficulties are the main factor limiting full rehabilitation – such as returning to work – and quality of life, particularly after the clinical symptoms have remitted. ... This work will utilise

16 Jul 2018: Loneliness is a common condition affecting around one in three adults. It damages your brain, immune system, and can lead to depression and suicide. Loneliness

22 Feb 2022: After hearing from patients in our clinical practice and informally from several parents and young people that they thought the lockdown was beneficial for their or their child’s mental health,

1 Aug 2009: This decision was very disappointing for Waldmann and his colleagues, who strongly believed in the clinical potential of Campath-1H. ... We are often taken aback by the sudden appearance of a new innovation that has clear economic or clinical impact.