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Department of Medicine

Our mission is to translate world class fundamental research into interventions that positively impact health and wellbeing for people everywhere.

Professor Duncan Richards, Head of Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge

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T-Therapeutics: reshaping the clinical landscape for cancer patients

16 October 2025

Built on the foundations of research from Professor Allan Bradley in the University’s Department of Medicine, T-Therapeutics ’ OpTiMus® platform sidesteps shortfalls in immuno-oncology by creating a near-unlimited database of optimal T cell receptors (TCRs). These TCRs are used as building blocks for new therapies to...

Professor Martin Bennett awarded UKRI proof-of-concept funding for AI-based cardiovascular project

9 October 2025

A total of 48 projects from across the UK are receiving funding from a new £9 million proof of concept programme to support and accelerate the development of new or improved technologies, products, processes and services. The aim of the UKRI fund is to use research to drive growth and create the jobs of tomorrow.

New study charts the cellular landscape of iron control

6 October 2025

Work led by Anthony Martinelli in James Nathan ’s group (CITIID, Medicine), now published in Science Advances , provides the first comprehensive map of the critical genes that regulate iron within our cells.