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Eoin McKinney, Mihaela van der Schaar and Andres Floto

Opinion: AI can transform health and medicine

07 Apr 2025

AI has the potential to transform health and medicine. It won't be straightforward, but if we get it right, the benefits could be enormous. Andres...

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Weasel testicles, stargazing and royal remedies: medieval medicine examined in Curious Cures exhibition

27 Mar 2025

Ancient manuscripts reveal complex theories behind the terrifying treatments of the medieval era

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Professor Duncan Richards appointed as Head of Department of Medicine

06 Dec 2024

Professor Duncan Richards has today been announced as the new Head of the Department of Medicine at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

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Supertroopers: CAR-T cell cancer therapy

16 Oct 2024

A life-saving cancer therapy is being scaled up in Cambridge to deliver more treatments to more patients for more cancers.

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Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical treatments

19 Apr 2024

Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical...

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Having a ‘regular doctor’ can significantly reduce GP workload, study finds

23 Feb 2024

If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving...

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A habitable planet for healthy humans

13 Dec 2023

Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.

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A very healthy relationship: the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and the NHS

03 Jul 2023

As the NHS celebrates its 75th anniversary, we look at how the close relationship between the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ and the hospitals on its doorstep is driving...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥medical student tackling the taboo around periods

03 Jul 2023

Fifth-year medical student, Ashna Biju, is not afraid to talk about the topics that other people would rather avoid. She’s passionate about public...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥PhD student encouraging young Black aspiring scientists to claim their place

30 Aug 2022

When PhD student Sigourney Bell turned to Twitter to connect with other Black scientists, she could never have guessed that this would be the...

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New book highlights how small biotech companies are outperforming big pharma

14 Feb 2022

Biotech firms have developed nearly 40% more of key treatments for unmet medical needs, says a new book co-authored by Cambridge researchers.

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Training a new breed of clinical triallist

03 Feb 2022

Cambridge's Experimental Medicine Initiative, working with AstraZeneca and GSK, is training specialists who can work out at an earlier stage of...

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