Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time opening a new chapter in the history of evolution. Microscopic fragments of environmental DNA were found in Ice Age sediment in northern Greenland. The fragments are one million years older than the previous record for DNA sampled from a Siberian mammoth bone. The ancient DNA has […]
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A Blood thinning drug used to reduce the risk of blood clots does not help patients recovering from moderate and severe COVID-19, despite this approach being offered to patients, a UK-wide trial, led by Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the University of Cambridge has found. The HEAL-COVID trial (Helping to Alleviate the Longer-term consequences of COVID-19) is
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Most young people in the UK experience a sharp decline in their subjective well-being during their first years at secondary school, regardless of their circumstances or background, new research shows. Academics from the Universities of Cambridge and Manchester analysed the well-being and self-esteem of more than 11,000 young people from across the UK, using data
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Feeling poorer than your friends in early adolescence is associated with worse mental health says study Young people who believe they come from poorer backgrounds than their friends are more likely to have lower self-esteem and be victims of bullying than those who feel financially equal to the rest of their peer group, according to
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Cambridge researchers are taking part in the world’s first clinical trial of red blood cell transfusion that have been grown in a laboratory for transfusion into another person. “If our trial is successful, it will mean that patients who currently require regular long-term red blood cell transfusion will need fewer transfusions in future, helping transform
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