The human brain – despite being encased snugly within its protective skull – is terrifyingly vulnerable to traumatic injury. A severe blow to the head can set in train a series of events that continue to play out for months, years and even decades ahead. First, there is bleeding, clotting and bruising at the site […]
Cambridge academics honoured in the 2014 New Year Honours List
Professor Ash Amin, Professor Juliet Compston, Professor David Neal and Baroness Onora O’Neill are amongst those who have been given honours in this year’s New Year Honours list. Economic geographer Professor Ash Amin has been awarded a CBE for his services to Social Science. Amin is known for his work on, amongst other things, the […]
New advances in Inflammatory, autoimmune and infectious diseases
Scientists from the Department of Medicine have recently published major advances in our understanding of a number of important diseases including inflammatory bowel disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, recurrent respiratory and virus infections. READ MORE Scientists discover genetic disease which causes recurrent respiratory infections Discovery could lead to new treatments for this genetic disorder Cambridge […]
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Michael Neuberger (1953 – 2013)
It is with great sadness that the Department of Medicine reports the death of Michael Neuberger, Deputy Director of the LMB and Head of Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Honorary Professor in the Department of Medicine who died on Saturday 26 October, after several months of serious illness. He was an outstanding and […]
Cambridge scientists lead brain injury research that could benefit millions
Professor David Menon of the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and Professor Andrew Maas of the University Hospital Antwerp will be in charge of a Europe-wide investigation into the causes of and treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI). More than 60 hospitals and 38 scientific institutes, including six from outside Europe, will participate in […]
Scientists discover genetic disease which causes recurrent respiratory infections
Cambridge scientists have discovered a rare genetic disease which predisposes patients to severe respiratory infections and lung damage. Because the scientists also identified how the genetic mutation affects the immune system, they are hopeful that new drugs that are currently undergoing clinical trials to treat leukaemia may also be effective in helping individuals with this […]
School of Clinical Medicine received a silver Athena SWAN award
The School of Clinical Medicine, which covers 12 University departments, received a silver award from Athena SWAN, the charter that recognises commitment to advancing women’s careers – See more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/athena-swan-success-0
How do we eliminate Human Cytomegalovirus?
Many of us are infected with a virus we’ll never clear. While we’re healthy, it’s nothing to worry about, but when our immune system is suppressed it could kill us. John Sinclair and Mark Wills, recently received a fifth consecutive five-year grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC), which focuses on understanding how Human Cytomegalovirus […]
Three dimensional structure of the HIV RNA packaging signal
HIV, the causative agent of AIDS, is a virus that packages two copies of its RNA genetic material into each virus particle. To select this RNA from the many RNAs that are present in the infected cell, part of the viral RNA genome has to fold up into a complex ‘knot’ whose three dimensional structure […]
