Healthcare and Life Science
Calla Lily Clinical Care selected to join Wellcome Leap’s $50M Focused Antibiotics Programme
Callavid intravaginal drug delivery platform selected to advance targeted UTI treatment as part of new programme addressing antibiotic-driven antimicrobial resistance ...
10th China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition — UK Division open for entries until 31 August
The Shenzhen Municipal Government's flagship international startup competition is accepting UK entries, with a total prize pool of RMB 9.42 million (~£1M), a RMB 5 billion venture fund pool, and sponsored visits to Shenzhen for shortlisted teams. Registration closes 31 August 2026 via t...
UK Business Delegation to China: CIIE Shanghai & Hangzhou Innovation Visit, 3–12 November 2026
Cambridge-based NPZ Technology Ltd, as promotional partner to London agency Intennel Business Group, invites UK businesses to join a ten-day delegation to Shanghai and Hangzhou this November — combining the world's largest import-themed expo with visits to Alibaba, Unitree Robotics and ...
Broken String Biosciences launches BaseMap ABE to enable genome-wide off-target characterization in base editing therapeutic development
• Extension of the INDUCE-seq platform to support adenine base editing (ABE) workflows• Researchers invited to gain early access to platform and support ongoing product development ...
Cambridge to lead new £50 million centre to study mitochondrial DNA diseases
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced a £50 million investment in the new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mitochondrial Genome Therapeutics, which aims to enable new treatments into potentially fatal mitochondrial DNA diseases. ...
Watch Out for This Fake Windows 11 Update
You probably don’t think twice when you see a Windows update.A quick click, a short wait and the job’s done. It’s one of those routine things that feels safe by default.After all, updates are there to protect your system, not cause problems. That’s exactly why this latest scam is catchi...
Cambridge Forum announces finalists for Pitch My Idea: AI and Health
Cambridge, UK – 4th August 2026 – Cambridge Forum has announced the seven companies selected to present to the audience at Pitch My Idea, a showcase of a high-calibre group of high growth potential companies with ambitious solutions across AI, health and technology. Pitch My Idea ...
The skills gap in life sciences has not disappeared - what used to close it is changing
The UK's new Life Sciences Jobs Plan sets out how the sector can build the workforce it needs. It also points to something the Plan doesn't quite name: the informal ways professional judgement used to form on the job are changing shape. ...
DNA Script and leading healthcare solutions provider awarded up to $26M by ARPA-H to advance cell-free DNA bioproduction
FLASH program, in collaboration with GE HealthCare, to support development of faster, distributed DNA manufacturing for next-generation therapies ...
The value of coaching after an autism, ADHD or AuDHD diagnosis
When you have lived your life for 20, 30, 40 years (or longer) and then receive an autism, ADHD or AuDHD diagnosis, it can feel as though everything suddenly starts to make sense. ...