Healthcare and Life Science
Arecor establishes partnership with Skye Bioscience to develop enhanced formulation of obesity candidate Nimacimab
Arecor Therapeutics plc, the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, announces a formulation development collaboration with Skye Bioscience, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on obesity and other metabolic health disorders. ...
£1 billion BioNTech investment sets way for jobs, growth, breakthroughs
Covid-19 vaccine pioneers BioNTech commit to up to £1 billion, 10-year investment in the UK. ...
Maxion Therapeutics doubles R&D space at Unity Campus after £58 million Series A fundraise
Cambridge - Leading regional property investor and developer Howard Group, is delighted to announce that pioneering biotechnology company Maxion Therapeutics has more than doubled its footprint at Unity Campus. ...
Leo James, Greg Jefferis and Marta Zlatic elected to Royal Society
Leo James, Greg Jefferis and Marta Zlatic, all Group Leaders at the LMB, have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society. ...
Enhanced breast cancer screening could detect an extra 3,500 cancers per year
Researchers in Cambridge are calling for additional scans to be added to breast screening for women with very dense breasts. This follows a large-scale trial, which shows that extra scans could treble cancer detection for these women potentially saving up to 700 lives a year in the UK. ...
Childhood kidney cancer has millions of genetic changes, opening door to possible treatments
Researchers have uncovered that some childhood cancers have a substantially higher number of DNA changes than previously thought, changing the way we view children’s tumours and possibly opening up new or repurposed treatment options. ...
Dinosaurs could hold key to cancer discoveries
New study highlights the importance of preserving fossilised soft tissues.
Ireland adopts Cambridge-developed method to monitor early prostate cancer
Development of the first evidence-based tool that helps clinicians actively monitor early prostate cancer in newly diagnosed patients has won important recognition in Ireland following research in Cambridge. ...
Baby’s microbiome may protect against childhood viral infection
A baby's makeup of gut bacteria — their microbiome — which starts to form as soon as they are born, could help protect against viral infections later in childhood, a new study suggests. ...
Brain injury survivors help shape new medical technologies
Researchers based at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) have developed a programme to ensure that the development of medical technology is in line with the unmet needs of brain injury survivors. ...