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Diabetes

Genetic approach could help identify side-effects at early stages of drug development

01 Jun 2016

An approach that could reduce the chances of drugs failing during the later stages of clinical trials has been demonstrated by a collaboration...

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Pills

Opinion: More accountability needed in how drugs are priced and reimbursed

23 May 2016

Lawrence King (Department of Sociology) and Piotr Ozieranski ( ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Bath) discuss how EU member states use complex policy instruments to...

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Diabetes 2/4

Surprise finding suggests diabetes drug could release rather than prevent blood sugar

21 Sep 2015

Graham Ladds, lecturer in pharmacology, discusses the controversy around a group of drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes.

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GLP-1 Agonists are injectable drugs that regulate blood sugar levels and have also been shown to promote weight loss, making them an attractive form of treatment for Type 2 diabetes, which is often linked to obesity.

Study highlights possible knowledge gap over effects of some diabetes drugs

18 Sep 2015

Scientists have found that some drugs from a group of anti-diabetic treatments may, in certain circumstances, act on glucagon receptors in the body...

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First of new generation of cancer drugs granted European approval

18 Dec 2014

A new drug for ovarian cancer, developed by researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and AstraZeneca, has today become the first of new class of...

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Breast cells grown in the laboratory for research on which cells in the breast form tumours

Cancer Core Europe: institutes unite across Europe to tackle cancer

26 Sep 2014

Launched today (26 September), Cancer Core Europe brings together six cancer centres – including the Cambridge Cancer Centre at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of...

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Reclining female figure, Clemente Susini, late 18th century,

Skeletons in the cupboard of medical science

13 Feb 2014

In a talk on 17 February, Margaret Carlyle, a researcher in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, will explore the fascinating (often...

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Peanuts

Study of peanut allergy therapy shows 84 per cent success

30 Jan 2014

A new therapy for peanut allergy has been successful in the majority of the 99 children who took part in a clinical trial.

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Detail from the Ripley Scroll housed at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Body, soul and gold: quests for perfection in English alchemy

08 Nov 2012

From the elixirs of legend to transmutation of base metals into gold, medieval medical practice and social mobility were steeped in alchemy.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥analgesic effects of cooling or menthol are disrupted by inflammation, but scientists have not been clear how inflammation interferes with cold perception, until now.

̽»¨Ö±²¥sensation of cold is shut down by inflammation

01 Jul 2012

A mechanism regulating our sensation of cold has been identified.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥Sick Child

Heart-Breaking History: Voices of sick children from the past

25 Apr 2012

A new study into the grim and frequently heart-breaking history of childhood sickness and death has opened a window on to a surprisingly tender world...

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Patrick Maxwell

̽»¨Ö±²¥Regius Professor Of Physic

18 Apr 2012

A new Regius Professor of Physic at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has been approved by Her Majesty ̽»¨Ö±²¥Queen to succeed Professor Sir Patrick Sissons...

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