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£6.7 million global award to prevent cardiovascular disease

17 June 2026

A major international coalition co-led by the University of Cambridge and Stanford Medicine has secured a grant of $9 million (approximately £6.7 million) to develop new approaches for predicting and preventing heart attacks and strokes.

Taming the inflamed heart

11 June 2026

In Nature Medicine, professor Ziad Mallat commented on inflammation being emerging as a key driver of cardiovascular risk — and how clinicians are learning to detect and treat it.

Age-related blood cell mutations affect heart disease risk in different ways, study finds

11 March 2026

Cambridge researchers have revealed that different genetic changes in blood cells affect heart disease risk in sex-specific ways, highlighting the need for more targeted approaches to improve cardiovascular health.

Cambridge joins global consortium to transform antibiotic discovery against AMR

23 January 2026

Researchers at the University of Cambridge are part of a major international effort exploring novel approaches to antibiotic discovery to deal with the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

UK-Australia study awarded £7.4 million to investigate how menopause shapes heart health

20 January 2026

A new international study co-led by the University of Cambridge has received US $10 million (approximately £7.4 million) to explore how menopause affects women’s heart health. The funding will support the largest clinical trial of its kind aimed at detecting early, silent changes in the arteries and testing whether earlier...

Targeting the immune system could prevent future heart attacks, clinical trial suggests

9 January 2026

Joseph Cheriyan, Ziad Mallat and colleagues have discovered that an existing therapy which boosts protective immune cells in people who recently had heart attacks reduces blood vessel inflammation and may reduce the likelihood of future heart attacks.

Hai Nguyen wins British Thoracic Society Medical Student Award

17 December 2025

New study sheds light on cardiovascular disease prediction and prevention

16 December 2025

Bacteria tune their membranes to manage energy and resist drugs

1 December 2025

New research led by the Universities of Cambridge and Basel shows how bacteria regulate membrane channels to control nutrient flow and antibiotic uptake, revealing a hidden mechanism of drug resistance. A new study in Nature Microbiology , co-led by Professor Andres Floto at the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung...

Professor James Rudd receives funding for cutting-edge AI health research

27 November 2025

Professor James Rudd has received new research funding from the Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery and the Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery for a groundbreaking project developing a coronary artery CT foundation model to improve early detection of high-risk heart disease.