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Changes to Autism Diagnosis: Benefits and Challenges Ahead

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University of Cambridge scientists have welcomed the new psychiatry diagnostic manual that will have a strong impact on how autism is diagnosed. In a paper out this month they discuss not only the benefits but also the challenges faced in research by the new changes.   The new edition of the widely used manual in [...]

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Pint of Science event to take place at Cambridge pubs

A new science festival called ‘Pint of Science’ is set to hit Cambridge later this month.  It allows cutting-edge researchers to give public talks about their work in the relaxed setting of local pubs. Broad topics for discussion will include the brain, the body, and biotechnology.  A number of researchers from the Department of Psychiatry [...]

New Feature: Congratulations to Lindsay Chura for submitting her PhD!

Lindsay Chura at the Cambridge Science Festival

Lindsay Chura has recently submitted her PhD and gives a summary of her findings and highlights below. Can you give us a short background into what you have been studying these last few years?  I have been working on the importance of an area of the brain called the corpus callosum. My PhD research investigated [...]