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Potential new treatment to tackle commonest form of childhood cancer
A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic ...
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Enhanced breast cancer screening in the UK could detect an extra 3,500 cancers per year, trial shows
Researchers in Cambridge are calling for additional scans to be added to breast screening for women with very dense breasts.
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Cambridge is the UK’s most innovation intensive city, says report
A new report by Dealroom shows that Cambridge is, for its size, the most innovative city in the UK. Globally, it ranks fourth ...
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Professor Sir John Aston FRS
Professor Sir John Aston FRS is the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Cambridge. He is the Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life and a Fellow of Churchill College. John is ...
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Statement from Dr Ayham Ammora
A vision for a bold, progressive, and inclusive Cambridge Cambridge is more than a university – it is a living idea. It speaks through the rustle of books in dawn-lit libraries, in the quiet authority ...
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Statement from Dr Mark Mann
What makes Cambridge great is the people who study, research and work here and their relentless pursuit of truth. When that truth is used by society, it changes people’s lives for the better. But ...
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Cambridge awarded silver-gilt medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show debut
Presented by The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, the exhibit is part of a brand-new GreenSTEM section that celebrates cutting-edge research and innovation in the world of plant science.
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Animal research
The University of Cambridge is a Leader in Openness, recognised for 'the innovation and courage shown by individuals and the organisation in supporting greater openness around the use of animals in ...
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Agricultural markets and the Great Depression: lessons from the past
Think of it, the food of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people just at the mercy of a few men down there on the Board of Trade. They make the price. They say just how much the peasant shall pay ...
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Life, death and mowing
Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a ‘lawnmower poetry ...
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The Cambridge view on memory
By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, ...
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Imperceptible sensors made from ‘electronic spider silk’ can be printed directly on human skin
The method, developed by researchers from the University of Cambridge, takes its inspiration from spider silk, which can conform and stick to a range of surfaces. These ‘spider silks’ also incorporate ...