Healthcare and Life Science
112 Christmas gifts donated to patients at Fulbourn hospital
For almost 20 years, Christmas presents have been donated annually by staff and councillors at South Cambridgeshire District Council to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundations Trust’s Fulbourn Hospital. This year, a total of 112 gifts have been donated which will be given to pat...
Pioneering ARU vision professor appointed OBE
Shahina Pardhan honoured for services to optometry and preventing blindness.
Pioneering project to tackle cancer among homeless
East of England Cancer Alliance is working with ARU to remove barriers to healthcare. ...
Arecor signs exclusive licensing agreement for ready-to-dilute formulation of speciality hospital product AT351
Cambridge, UK, 30 December 2024: Arecor Therapeutics plc (AIM: AREC), the biopharmaceutical group advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, is pleased to announce an exclusive licensing agreement for AT351, a ready-to-dilute (RTD) liquid drug product, with a wh...
Children and young people “dropped down the agenda” during Covid 19 pandemic
Almost 200,000 research studies on mental health impacts were carried out during the Covid 19 pandemic, according to a Cambridge professor, but only 35 concerned children and young people, creating “a huge data gap”. ...
Human ‘Domainome’ reveals root cause of inherited conditions
The largest catalogue of human protein variants to date has revealed that protein destabilisation is the main driver of inherited genetic conditions and paves the way for precision medicine and AI-driven treatments. ...
Applications are now open for Accelerate@Babraham
Your opportunity to be part of one of the best Campus’ across the UK and Europe to start-up a life science venture. ...
DNA damage can last unrepaired for years, changing our view of mutations
While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that the damage has multiple chances to generate harmful mutations, which can lead to cancer. ...
CMR Surgical appoints Massimiliano Colella as Chief Executive Officer
Massimiliano Colella appointed CEO at CMR Surgical, leading the company in its mission to bring the benefits of robotic-assisted minimal access surgery to patients around the world with Versius ...
The Cambridge Young Professionals Group (CYPG) releases its memberships for 2025
The CYPG), a group for graduates and young professionals in the Cambridge area, has released its memberships for 2025. ...