Scientists identify rare gene variants that confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~5 min

Scientists identify rare gene variants which confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~5 min


UK-wide trials to begin on blood tests for diagnosing dementia

Cambridge researchers are helping lead countrywide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia, in a bid to improve the UK’s

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~6 min

Last chance to record archaic Greek language ‘heading for extinction’

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 3, 2024 ~10 min

UK's only research institute dedicated to understanding early cancer receives £11 million donation

The University of Cambridge’s Early Cancer Institute – the UK's only research facility dedicated to understanding early cancer – has received a landmark £11

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 2, 2024 ~5 min

TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by reducing its spread

Vaccination not only reduces the severity of TB in infected cattle, but reduces its spread in dairy herds by 89%, research finds.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2024 ~6 min

New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects

Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2024 ~4 min

‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in healthy

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2024 ~6 min


Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its political radicalism, new book argues

A new cultural history of the 1970s wellness industry offers urgent lessons for today. It reveals that in the seventies, wellness was neither narcissistic nor

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2024 ~9 min

Fish fed to farmed salmon should be part of our diet, too, study suggests

The public are being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These oily

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 20, 2024 ~6 min

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