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Scientists discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish’s 3D…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-discover-the-secrets-behind-the-cuttlefishs-3d-invisibility-cloak15 Feb 2018: The sea is full of strange and wondrous creatures, but there are few as bizarre and intelligent as octopuses and cuttlefish,” says Dr Trevor Wardill from the Department of Physiology, Development ... and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.
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Education and the brain: what happens when children learn? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/education-and-the-brain-what-happens-when-children-learn10 Feb 2016: The tricky part is to grasp the processes developing in the child’s brain and come up with ways to encourage that development. ... The answer involves an understanding of neuroscience as well as child development.
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Natural barometer in birds evolved from ancient fish sense organ |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/natural-barometer-in-birds-evolved-from-ancient-fish-sense-organ4 Sep 2012: The research by Dr Paul O’Neill was started in Dr Clare Baker’s lab in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and completed in ... Previous work on sense organ development from Baker’s Cambridge lab
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High doses of ketamine can temporarily switch off the brain, say…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/high-doses-of-ketamine-can-temporarily-switch-off-the-brain-say-researchers11 Jun 2020: As the sheep came round from the ketamine, their brain activity was really unusual,” said Professor Jenny Morton at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, who ... Images, including our videos, are
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Bob Edwards Nobel Prize lecture comes to Cambridge | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/bob-edwards-nobel-prize-lecture-comes-to-cambridge7 Mar 2011: It is free of charge and open to all. Given by Martin Johnson, Professor of Reproductive Sciences at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and titled “Bob Edwards: the Early ... Bored by the course, he did badly and left with a -
Origin of cells associated with nerve repair discovered | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/origin-of-cells-associated-with-nerve-repair-discovered16 Nov 2010: Dr Clare Baker, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, lead author of the study, said: “In theory, one should be able to purify OECs ... The University's news digest summarises news from and -
New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-study-identifies-possible-early-warning-signs-of-huntingtons-disease23 Feb 2017: The development of objective and reliable biomarkers that can be rapidly measured from blood samples becomes immeasurably important once clinical trials for therapies begin. ... The research was funded by the CHDI Foundation and the Biotechnology and
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Scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-create-artificial-mouse-embryo-from-stem-cells-for-first-time2 Mar 2017: an extracellular matrix, they were able to grow a structure capable of assembling itself and whose development and architecture very closely resembled the natural embryo. ... Goetz from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, who led
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Himalayan powerhouses: how Sherpas have evolved superhuman energy…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/himalayan-powerhouses-how-sherpas-have-evolved-superhuman-energy-efficiency22 May 2017: of nitric oxide, a chemical that opens up blood vessels and keeps blood flowing. ... By understanding how Sherpas are able to survive with low levels of oxygen, we can get clues to help us identify those at greatest risk in ICUs and inform the
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Scientists develop human embryos beyond implantation stage for first…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-develop-human-embryos-beyond-implantation-stage-for-first-time4 May 2016: Dr Simon Fishel, founder and President of CARE Fertility Group, adds: “This is about much more than just understanding the biology of implantation embryo development. ... development. The research was licensed by the UK Human Fertilisation and
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Early-stage embryos with abnormalities may still develop into healthy …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/early-stage-embryos-with-abnormalities-may-still-develop-into-healthy-babies29 Mar 2016: This is the question we wanted to answer. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz. Researchers at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at Cambridge report a mouse model of aneuploidy, where some cells ... Mouse model of chromosome mosaicism
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Old before your time: Study suggests that ageing begins in the womb | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/old-before-your-time-study-suggests-that-ageing-begins-in-the-womb1 Mar 2016: Professor Dino Giussani from the Department of Physiology Development & Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, the study’s senior author, says: “Our study in rats suggests that the ageing clock begins ... Divergence of mechanistic pathways
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Hard-to-find fish reveals shared developmental toolbox of evolution | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/hard-to-find-fish-reveals-shared-developmental-toolbox-of-evolution11 Jan 2011: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and lead author. ... At early stages of development, researchers detected Shh expression at the hyoid arch and four of the gill arches in both species.
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Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/detect-lock-on-intercept-the-remarkable-hunting-ability-of-the-robber-fly9 Mar 2017: Enter your email address, confirm you're happy to receive our emails and then select 'Subscribe'. ... We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what information we hold.
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Cambridge scientists recognised by major European research…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-scientists-recognised-by-major-european-research-organisation18 Jun 2019: Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan – Department of Medicine and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. ... of higher-order systems in development, cognitive neuroscience and evolution,” says EMBO Director Maria Leptin.
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Genetic variation linked to response to anxiety could inform…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genetic-variation-linked-to-response-to-anxiety-could-inform-personalised-therapies1 Jul 2019: life,” says Dr Santangelo from the Department of the Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. ... depression, helping inform the development of much needed new treatments.
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The Academy of Medical Sciences announces new Fellows for 2016 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-academy-of-medical-sciences-announces-new-fellows-for-201628 Apr 2016: This year's elected Fellows have expertise that includes paediatrics, genetics, neuroscience and oncology. ... Professor David Owen – Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. Professor Angela Roberts – Department of Physiology, Development and
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Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a fertilised egg divide and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/placenta-is-initiated-first-as-cells-of-a-fertilised-egg-divide-and-specialise23 Sep 2020: This study highlights the critical importance of the placenta for healthy human development,” said Dr Kathy Niakan, group leader of the Human Embryo and Stem Cell Laboratory at the Francis Crick ... We’ve shown that one of the earliest cell decisions
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The price of a happy ending can be bad decision-making, say…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-price-of-a-happy-ending-can-be-bad-decision-making-say-researchers10 Jun 2015: experiences,” said Vestergaard, from Cambridge University’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. ... Enter your email address, confirm you're happy to receive our emails and then select 'Subscribe'.
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Inspiring young people in care | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/inspiring-young-people-in-care17 Jun 2015: I did and with lots of support from them, and hard work, I got my place. ... Nearby, Sarah from Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, is using food colouring to explain interactions between different blood types.
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The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2014 | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-royal-society-announces-election-of-new-fellows-20141 May 2014: The Society’s fundamental purpose is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. ... Dr Timothy Holland, Department of Earth Sciences. Professor Martin Johnson
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Enter the world of the brain through music, art and science |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/enter-the-world-of-the-brain-through-music-art-and-science22 Oct 2010: Three Cambridge University scientists involved in research into the working of the brain will be taking part in the Friday event, which has been created in partnership with Cambridge Neuroscience – a ... Professor Bill Harris, Head of the Department of -
Self-renewable killer cells could be key to making cancer…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/self-renewable-killer-cells-could-be-key-to-making-cancer-immunotherapy-work26 Oct 2016: long time, but will go into action when necessary and fight tumour cells. ... of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.
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Cambridge alumnus Sir Peter Ratcliffe awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-alumnus-sir-peter-ratcliffe-awarded-2019-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine7 Oct 2019: Speaking at the announcement by the Nobel Prize Committee in Stockholm, Professor Randall Johnson, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) at the University of Cambridge, described it as ... Images, including our videos,
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Combined steroid and statin treatment could reduce ‘accelerated…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/combined-steroid-and-statin-treatment-could-reduce-accelerated-ageing-in-preterm-babies-study-in2 Feb 2023: These synthetic steroids mimic the natural cortisol by speeding up the development of organs – including the lungs – which means the preterm baby is much more likely to survive. ... Lead author Professor Dino Giussani from the Department of Physiology
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Nine Cambridge scientists among the new 2022 Fellows announced by the …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/nine-cambridge-scientists-among-the-new-2022-fellows-announced-by-the-royal-society10 May 2022: The Society’s fundamental purpose is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. ... Michaelides’ work involves the development and application of
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Killer flies: how brain size affects hunting strategy in the insect…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/killer-flies-how-brain-size-affects-hunting-strategy-in-the-insect-world9 Feb 2016: Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido. As in economics, there is a law of diminishing returns in neuroscience – doubling the investment going in doesn’t equal double the performance coming out. ... Or is it because they’re actually optimised for their particular
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Sharing the results of research critical to advancement of biological …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/sharing-the-results-of-research-critical-to-advancement-of-biological-sciences10 Sep 2009: Dr Paul Schofield of the Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge chaired an influential meeting on this issue in Rome in May of this year, supported ... The agreements reached in Rome will help to coordinate -
New centre to research biological relationship between a mother and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-centre-to-research-biological-relationship-between-a-mother-and-her-fetus8 Jul 2008: The Centre was made possible by the generous gift of £5 million from a medical alumnus, and will be administered from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, where it has ... Professor Bill Harris, Head of the Department of Physiology
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Folic acid deficiency can affect the health of great, great…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/folic-acid-deficiency-can-affect-the-health-of-great-great-grandchildren26 Sep 2013: The detrimental effects of folic acid deficiency on development are quite well known. ... sins of your maternal grandparents’ can have an effect on your development and your risk for disease,” said Dr Watson.
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Researchers call for greater awareness of unintended consequences of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/researchers-call-for-greater-awareness-of-unintended-consequences-of-crispr-gene-editing-012 Apr 2021: Research is restricted to the first 14 days of development and embryos are not allowed to be implanted into a womb. ... The embryos were at the blastocyst stage of early development, consisting of around 200 cells.
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Human embryo-like models created from stem cells to understand…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/human-embryo-like-models-created-from-stem-cells-to-understand-earliest-stages-of-human-development27 Jun 2023: of the tiny embryo into the mother’s womb,” said Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, who led the work. ... Zernicka-Goetz says the while these models can mimic
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Premature babies could benefit from changes to drugs administered to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/premature-babies-could-benefit-from-changes-to-drugs-administered-to-at-risk-mothers20 Mar 2019: The treatment is based on research which discovered the important role played by glucocorticoids in fetal development and that giving premature babies synthetic glucocorticoids could accelerate the development of their lungs ... Without it, preterm
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Embryo development: Some cells are more equal than others even at…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/embryo-development-some-cells-are-more-equal-than-others-even-at-four-cell-stage24 Mar 2016: Research. Embryo development: Some cells are more equal than others even at four-cell stage.. ... from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.
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Beyond the pandemic: prepare and plan a biosecure future
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beyond-the-pandemic-biosecurity3 Feb 2021: One of the highest-ranked issues was the malicious uses of neurochemistry, a development that likely lies over a decade in the future. ... Advances in neuroscience and bioengineering could lead to new beneficial drugs and “nootropic” cognitive
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Simple treatment during pregnancy can protect baby from memory…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/simple-treatment-during-pregnancy-can-protect-baby-from-memory-problems-in-later-life-study-in-rats21 Apr 2021: pregnancy,” said Professor Dino Giussani from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, who led the study. ... from Cambridge’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, first author of the
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Top prize for Cambridge in genetically engineered biological machine…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/top-prize-for-cambridge-in-genetically-engineered-biological-machine-competition1 Feb 2008: The Cambridge team was supported by groups across the University. The Departments of Genetics and Physiology, Development & Neuroscience established special studentships to fund participation in the competition. ... Bill Harris, Professor of Physiology, -
New centre to research biological relationship between a mother and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-centre-to-research-biological-relationship-between-a-mother-and-her-fetus8 Jul 2008: The Centre was made possible by the generous gift of £5 million from a medical alumnus, and will be administered from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, where it has ... Professor Bill Harris, Head of the Department of Physiology -
Cambridge study named as People’s Choice for Science magazine’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-study-named-as-peoples-choice-for-science-magazines-breakthrough-of-the-year-201622 Dec 2016: Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz. The work, led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, was the focus of parallel publications earlier ... We hope that our technique
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Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-generate-key-life-event-in-artificial-mouse-embryo-created-from-stem-cells23 Jul 2018: as an extracellular matrix, they were able to grow a structure capable of assembling itself and whose development and architecture very closely resembled the natural embryo. ... The timing, architecture and patterns of gene activity reflected that of
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Generation to Reproduction – Wellcome Trust support for History of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/generation-to-reproduction-wellcome-trust-support-for-history-of-medicine13 Jul 2009: Rebecca Flemming), Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Martin Johnson), King’s College (Peter Jones), Geography (Richard Smith) and History (Simon Szreter). ... Representation and communication” will show how changing understandings of sex, -
Exercise in pregnancy improves health of obese mothers by restoring…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/exercise-in-pregnancy-improves-health-of-obese-mothers-by-restoring-their-tissues-mouse-study-finds30 Aug 2019: It also has positive effects prior to and during pregnancy, with beneficial outcomes for both mother and her child, preventing excessive gestational weight gain and the development of gestational diabetes, and ... non-obese mothers,” says Dr Amanda
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Marking and Assessment Boycott: an update from the Acting…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/marking-and-assessment-boycott-an-update-from-the-acting-vice-chancellor16 Jun 2023: Search. Search. Marking and Assessment Boycott: an update from the Acting Vice-Chancellor. ... 21/06/2023. Mathematical Tripos, Part II. 22/06/2023. Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. -
Study suggests embryos could be susceptible to coronavirus as early…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-suggests-embryos-could-be-susceptible-to-coronavirus-as-early-as-second-week-of-pregnancy5 Aug 2020: These genes were expressed during key stages of the embryo’s development, and in parts of the embryo that go on to develop into tissues that interact with the maternal blood ... development. This is an important stage when the embryo attaches to the
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Marmoset study provides clues to link between mental health disorders …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/marmoset-study-provides-clues-to-link-between-mental-health-disorders-and-heart-disease8 May 2017: Research. Marmoset study provides clues to link between mental health disorders and heart disease.. ... In the vast majority of cases, this involves using mice, rats and zebrafish.
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Algorithm matches genetic variation to disease symptoms and could…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/algorithm-matches-genetic-variation-to-disease-symptoms-and-could-improve-diagnosis-of-rare-diseases19 Apr 2017: disease, and the development of new therapies. ... Paul Schofield from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.
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Cambridge's Chemistry of Health programme awarded £17 million in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridges-chemistry-of-health-programme-awarded-ps17-million-in-funding25 Mar 2015: Parkinson’s diseases, and to accelerate the development new diagnostic and therapeutic methods of treating them. ... The projects will promote the development of world-leading research in a range of subject areas, from semiconductors to neuroscience,
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Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/placenta-changes-could-mean-male-offspring-of-older-mums-more-likely-to-develop-heart-problems-in28 Nov 2019: Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri. Both male and female fetuses do not grow as large in older mothers, but there are sex-specific differences in changes to placental development and function. ... Fellow in the Centre for Trophoblast Research at the University of
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Cambridge Neuroscience Launched | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-neuroscience-launched19 Sep 2007: The new initiative extends across the University and affiliated institutes, and is aimed at maintaining Cambridge's position as a leading international centre for neuroscience research. ... The chairmen of Cambridge Neuroscience, Professors Alastair -
Miniature ‘womb lining’ grown in lab could reveal secrets of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/miniature-womb-lining-grown-in-lab-could-reveal-secrets-of-menstrual-cycle-and-early-pregnancy10 Apr 2017: There is also strong evidence that the conceptus sends signals to the endometrial glands that then stimulate the development of the placenta. ... In this way, the conceptus is able to stimulate its own development through a ‘dialogue’ with the mother;
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