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Lab-grown ‘mini-bile ducts’ used to repair human livers in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lab-grown-mini-bile-ducts-used-to-repair-human-livers-in-regenerative-medicine-first18 Feb 2021: Cell-based therapies could provide an advantageous alternative. However, the development of these new therapies is often impaired and delayed by the lack of an appropriate model to test their safety ... To test this hypothesis, the researchers grew
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Gut bacteria accumulate many common medications and may reduce their…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gut-bacteria-accumulate-many-common-medications-and-may-reduce-their-effectiveness8 Sep 2021: The researchers tested how each of the 15 drugs interacted with the selected bacterial strains – a total of 375 bacteria-drug tests.
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Rare genetic variants confer largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rare-genetic-variants-confer-largest-increase-in-type-2-diabetes-risk-seen-to-date7 Jul 2021: Type 2 diabetes is thought to be driven in part by inherited genetic factors, but many of these genes are yet unknown. Previous large-scale studies have
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Study shows brain differences in interpreting physical signals in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-shows-brain-differences-in-interpreting-physical-signals-in-mental-health-disorders22 Jun 2021: diagnoses.”. In future, Dr Nord is planning studies to test whether this disrupted activation could be altered by new treatments for mental health disorders, such as brain stimulation.
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Mind Over Chatter: What is the future of wellbeing? | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/about-research/podcasts/mind-over-chatter-what-is-the-future-of-wellbeing27 May 2021: 06:30 - Wellbeing and economics. How do we think about wellbeing outside of psychology? -
Air filter significantly reduces presence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/air-filter-significantly-reduces-presence-of-airborne-sars-cov-2-in-covid-19-wards16 Nov 2021: During an intensely busy time, we were able to pull together a team from across the hospital and University to test whether portable air filtration devices, which are relatively inexpensive, might ... assays similar those used in the ‘gold standard’
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World first for AI and machine learning to treat COVID-19 patients…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/world-first-for-ai-and-machine-learning-to-treat-covid-19-patients-worldwide15 Sep 2021: The research was sparked by the pandemic and set out to build an AI tool to predict how much extra oxygen a COVID-19 patient may need in the first days of
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Scientists develop new class of cancer drug with potential to treat…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-develop-new-class-of-cancer-drug-with-potential-to-treat-leukaemia26 Apr 2021: Its success at killing leukaemia cells and prolonging the lifespans of our mice is very promising and we hope to begin clinical trials to test successor molecules in patients as early
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Use of AI to fight COVID-19 risks harming 'disadvantaged…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/use-of-ai-to-fight-covid-19-risks-harming-disadvantaged-groups-experts-warn16 Mar 2021: This is according to researchers at the University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) in two articles published in
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International group of citizens and scientists creates feasible…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/international-group-of-citizens-and-scientists-creates-feasible-visions-of-a-resilient-net-zero29 Oct 2021: change. India has made considerable progress in its efforts towards decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions. ... Greater uptake of nature-based solutions can provide a range of environmental, social and economic benefits while combatting
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Cambridge physicists announce results that boost evidence for new…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-physicists-announce-results-that-boost-evidence-for-new-fundamental-physics19 Oct 2021: It has passed every experimental test to date, and yet physicists know it must be incomplete.
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British consumers complicit in forty-year ‘healthy eating’ failure,…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/british-consumers-complicit-in-forty-year-healthy-eating-failure-new-study-suggests1 Jul 2021: Reflecting on Britain’s food culture today, Moseley points out that economic, social and geographic constraints on ‘healthy’ choices lack public visibility: factors like deprivation, time poverty, and mental illness delimit ... She said: “Too
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Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/year-8-students-work-with-cambridge-researchers-to-help-their-peers-learn-about-the-census13 May 2021: These interviews were recorded as podcasts. The collaboration is part of the ‘Engaging the Public in Census 2021 project’, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Economic and
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One in twenty workers are in ‘useless’ jobs – far fewer than…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/one-in-twenty-workers-are-in-useless-jobs-far-fewer-than-previously-thought3 Jun 2021: To test Graeber’s propositions, the researchers turned to the 2005–2015 European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS), examining reasons that led to respondents answering ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ to the statement: ‘I
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Public health experts urge government to put health at centre of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/public-health-experts-urge-government-to-put-health-at-centre-of-levelling-up-agenda10 Dec 2021: The previous cross-government health inequalities programme reduced the socio-economic gap in life expectancy by six months and improved overall life expectancy. ... The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened these inequalities and it will cast a long shadow
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Successive governments’ approaches to obesity policies have destined…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/successive-governments-approaches-to-obesity-policies-have-destined-them-to-fail-say-researchers19 Jan 2021: The research was funded by the NIHR School for Public Health Research, with additional support by the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic & Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, and
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Cambridge-authored book explores how artificial intelligence could…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-authored-book-explores-how-artificial-intelligence-could-help-address-climate-change30 Aug 2021: By acknowledging such digital technologies and AI could also pose existential threats to humanity, the book also shows how to maximise their economic and environmental use, while minimising the risks they ... Cambridge CARES is dedicated to developing
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Mothers can influence offspring’s height, lifespan and disease risk…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mothers-can-influence-offsprings-height-lifespan-and-disease-risk-in-unexpected-ways-through-their17 May 2021: The study, published today in Nature Genetics, found that genetic variants in the DNA of mitochondria could increase the risk of developing these conditions,
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Rate of mental disorders among children remained stable in 2021 after …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rate-of-mental-disorders-among-children-remained-stable-in-2021-after-previous-rise30 Sep 2021: The report, Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2021, showed that among six to 16 year olds, the proportion with a probable mental disorder
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First COVID-19 lockdown cost UK hospitality and high street £45…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/first-covid-19-lockdown-cost-uk-hospitality-and-high-street-ps45-billion-in-turnover-researchers18 Feb 2021: They say their economic models suggest that shops predominantly selling food, such as supermarkets, saw a 5-10% bump in sales in lockdown, adding up to an additional £4 billion in
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Collaboration could enable cancer patients to get faster and more…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/collaboration-could-enable-cancer-patients-to-get-faster-and-more-personalised-treatment29 Nov 2021: These include multiple imaging scans, digital pathology, genomic data, advanced blood tests and treatment information.
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Video-led feedback programme reduces behaviour problems in children…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/video-led-feedback-programme-reduces-behaviour-problems-in-children-as-young-as-12-months16 Mar 2021: Behaviour problems currently affect 5% to 10% of all children. The trial – one of the first ever ‘real-world’ tests of an intervention for challenging behaviours in children who are so
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Sugar purchased in soft drinks fell 10% following introduction of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sugar-purchased-in-soft-drinks-fell-10-following-introduction-of-industry-levy10 Mar 2021: The Centre for Diet and Activity Research is funded by the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Medical Research Council, the National Institute for
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Likelihood of severe and ‘long’ COVID may be established very early…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/likelihood-of-severe-and-long-covid-may-be-established-very-early-on-following-infection18 Jan 2021: recruiting individuals who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 to the COVID-19 cohort of the NIHR BioResource. ... no longer test positive for SARS-CoV-2.
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University of Cambridge launches roadmap to support future growth of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/university-of-cambridge-launches-roadmap-to-support-future-growth-of-life-sciences-cluster16 Jul 2021: This includes cultivating and delivering excellent research and world-leading innovation and training of the next generation of highly skilled researchers and entrepreneurs, thereby underpinning the UK's economic growth and ... The roadmap includes
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Large-scale genetic study reveals new clues for the shared origins of …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/large-scale-genetic-study-reveals-new-clues-for-the-shared-origins-of-irritable-bowel-syndrome-and5 Nov 2021: Diagnosis is usually made after considering other possible conditions (such as Crohn’s disease or bowel cancer), with clinical tests coming back ‘normal’.
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Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/low-carbon-policies-can-be-balanced-to-benefit-small-firms-and-average-households-study18 Jan 2021: Researchers looked at whether each policy type had a positive or negative effect in various environmental, industrial and socio-economic areas. ... The review was also co-authored by Prof Elena Verdolini from the RFF-CMCC European institute on Economics
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Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/encourage-wealthy-and-well-connected-to-use-their-influence-to-tackle-climate-change30 Sep 2021: The study highlights the need to change social norms associated with frequent flying - usually by people of high socio-economic status - but also to look beyond their role as consumers.
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‘Virtual biopsies’ could replace tissue biopsies in future thanks to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/virtual-biopsies-could-replace-tissue-biopsies-in-future-thanks-to-technique-developed-by-cambridge6 Jan 2021: Combining and integrating patient data from multiple sources – blood tests, biopsies, medical imaging, and genetic tests – can inform and predict the best treatment decisions for each individual patient.
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Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have hit England…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/justinianic-plague-was-nothing-like-flu-and-may-have-hit-england-before-constantinople22 Nov 2021: For decades, historians have argued about the lethality of the disease; its social and economic impact; and the routes by which it spread.
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New mechanism preventing toxic DNA lesions opens up therapeutic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-mechanism-preventing-toxic-dna-lesions-opens-up-therapeutic-avenues-for-huntingtons-disease1 Sep 2021: Researchers say the breakthrough study, published in Cell Reports, could lead to much needed therapies for the rare genetic disease, which is currently
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Many of us could carry up to 17kg of fat due to a change in a single…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/many-of-us-could-carry-up-to-17kg-of-fat-due-to-a-change-in-a-single-gene27 May 2021: The study led by scientists at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit which is part of the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge
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Targeting cellular response to SARS-CoV-2 holds promise as new way to …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/targeting-cellular-response-to-sars-cov-2-holds-promise-as-new-way-to-fight-infection17 Jun 2021: replicate. The next step is to test the treatment in mouse models.
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Fewer than one in 20 people living with HIV in England expected to be …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/fewer-than-one-in-20-people-living-with-hiv-in-england-expected-to-be-unaware-of-status-by-202524 Sep 2021: This is in line with findings from Public Health England that among individuals outside those subgroups at greatest risk of HIV infection, the proportion declining a HIV test had increased to ... The priority must be to ensure that all sexual health
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Machine learning models for diagnosing COVID-19 are not yet suitable…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/machine-learning-models-for-diagnosing-covid-19-are-not-yet-suitable-for-clinical-use15 Mar 2021: Researchers have found that out of the more than 300 COVID-19 machine learning models described in scientific papers in 2020, none of them is suitable for
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Widespread use of control measures such as facemasks is vital to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/widespread-use-of-control-measures-such-as-facemasks-is-vital-to-suppress-the-pandemic-as-lockdown31 Mar 2021: The model also considered the socio-economic impact of both types of measure, and how this changes during the pandemic. ... The socio-economic consequences of spatial measures such as lockdown have increased over time, while the cost of non-spatial
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Teenagers at greatest risk of self-harming could be identified almost …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/teenagers-at-greatest-risk-of-self-harming-could-be-identified-almost-a-decade-earlier15 Jun 2021: The team, based at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, found that while sleep problems and low self-esteem were common risk
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England on track to achieve elimination of HIV transmission by 2030…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/england-on-track-to-achieve-elimination-of-hiv-transmission-by-2030-as-model-shows-sharp-decrease-in10 Jun 2021: HIV and STI tests are still available through sexual health clinics during the COVID pandemic. ... Many clinics offer online testing throughout the year – people can order tests on clinic websites, take them in the privacy of their own home, return by
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Real-time drone intent monitoring could enable safer use of drones…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/real-time-drone-intent-monitoring-could-enable-safer-use-of-drones-and-prevent-a-repeat-of-201815 Sep 2021: In tests using real radar data, the Cambridge-developed solution was able to identify drones before they reached their next waypoint. ... In tests, our system was able to spot potential threats in seconds, but in a real scenario, those seconds or minutes
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Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant were more likely to be…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/patients-with-sars-cov-2-delta-variant-were-more-likely-to-be-admitted-to-hospital-compared-to31 Aug 2021: age, sex, ethnicity, deprivation, region of residence, date of positive test and vaccination status. ... It is still important that if you have COVID-19 symptoms, stay home and get a PCR test as soon as possible.”.
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Following the hops of disordered proteins could lead to future…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/following-the-hops-of-disordered-proteins-could-lead-to-future-treatments-of-alzheimers-disease14 Jan 2021: Researchers from the University of Cambridge, Google Research and the University of Milan have used machine learning techniques to predict how proteins,
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Philosopher’s thumbs-down to social media ‘likes’ gets award…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/philosophers-thumbs-down-to-social-media-likes-gets-award-thumbs-up-from-royal-institute12 May 2021: ‘Please Like This Paper’, published today (12 May 2021) in the Institute’s journal Philosophy, argues that while ‘like’ functions help social media users feel
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Autism rates have increased and show differences in ethnic minorities …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/autism-rates-have-increased-and-show-differences-in-ethnic-minorities-and-links-to-social29 Mar 2021: Black and Chinese pupils were 26% and 38% more likely to be autistic respectively and autistic children were much more likely to face significant social
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"It’s almost as if they don’t exist”: Education policy fails to…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/its-almost-as-if-they-dont-exist-education-policy-fails-to-account-for-pmld-learners9 Nov 2021: Most of the guidance that exists assumes their education can be rooted in neurotypical expectations about employment or making an economic contribution when the reality is they will probably never be
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New model improves accuracy of machine learning in COVID-19 diagnosis …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-model-improves-accuracy-of-machine-learning-in-covid-19-diagnosis-while-preserving-privacy16 Dec 2021: The researchers used two well-curated external validation datasets of appropriate size to test their model and ensure that it would work well on datasets from different hospitals or countries.
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Identification of ‘violent’ processes that cause wheezing could lead…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/identification-of-violent-processes-that-cause-wheezing-could-lead-to-better-diagnosis-and-treatment24 Feb 2021: A diagnostic based on this method would work by using a microphone – early tests were done using the in-built microphone on a normal smartphone – to record the frequency of the
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Extra classroom time may do little to help pupils recover lost…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/extra-classroom-time-may-do-little-to-help-pupils-recover-lost-learning-after-covid-1928 May 2021: It also points to research conducted in 2016 in which Key Stage 3 pupils’ test scores improved dramatically after a portion of their regular curriculum was replaced with training in metacognition –
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Cambridge leads national drug trial to prevent deaths after COVID-19…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-leads-national-drug-trial-to-prevent-deaths-after-covid-19-patients-leave-hospital25 Mar 2021: Centre. It will test a number of safe, existing drugs on patients across the UK in order to find effective treatments.
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Function identified of ‘mystery protein’ that kills healthy brain…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/function-identified-of-mystery-protein-that-kills-healthy-brain-cells-of-people-with-parkinsons10 Feb 2021: A study published in Nature Communications presents new evidence about what a key protein called alpha-synuclein actually does in neurons in the brain. Dr
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Discovery of origin of oesophageal cancer cells highlights importance …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/discovery-of-origin-of-oesophageal-cancer-cells-highlights-importance-of-screening-for-pre-cancerous12 Aug 2021: This research goes hand in hand with other recent successes in early detection such as Cytosponge, the sponge-on a-string test, which we funded to detect Barrett’s in patients
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