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‘Digital Mask’ Could Protect Patients’ Privacy In Medical Records

Scientists have created a ‘digital mask’ that will allow facial images to be stored in medical records while preventing potentially sensitive personal biometric information from being extracted and shared.

Ultra-Powerful Brain Scanners Offer Hope For Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Ultra-powerful 7T MRI scanners could be used to help identify those patients with Parkinson’s disease and similar conditions most likely to benefit from new treatments for previously-untreatable symptoms, say scientists.

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The Life-Changing Artificial Pancreas

Device helps manage type 1 diabetes in very young children

Females Perform Better Than Males On A ‘Theory Of Mind’ Test Across 57 Countries

Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others’ shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a new study of over 300,000 people in 57 countries.

Technique For Tracking Resistant Cancer Cells Could Lead To New Treatments For Relapsing Breast Cancer Patients

Cambridge scientists have managed to identify and kill those breast cancer cells that evade standard treatments in a study in mice. The approach is a step towards the development of new treatments to prevent relapse in patients.

Large Number of Stem Cell Lines Carry Significant DNA Damage, Say Researchers

DNA damage caused by factors such as ultraviolet radiation affect nearly three-quarters of all stem cell lines derived from human skin cells, say Cambridge researchers, who argue that whole genome sequencing is essential for confirming if cell lines are usable.