Healthcare and Life Science
Gold-standard research: Cambridge growing faster than UK economy
Cambridge growing faster than national economy, but UK growth contribution at risk due to a start-up slow-down, according to new gold-standard research. ...
Cambridge opens its doors: A week of innovation at the home of UK life sciences
The buzzing Cambridge Wide Open annual event returns in June, this time as a week-long interactive festival showcasing Cambridge’s pioneers, the companies of the future, and opening the offices and workspaces that make up one of the world’s most vibrant ecosystems. ...
Founders at the University of Cambridge reveals 8 new deeptech startups powering growth through science
Predicting dementia AI, novel cancer therapies and new quantum chips: startups tackle hard problems as Founders at the University of Cambridge launches its second accelerator cohort. ...
New partnership with UNESCO supports the Human Cell Atlas Project
A new partnership between the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will help advance open science and global capacity to deliver the benefits of genomics at a global scale. ...
Trust consultant honoured with Arnold Adolf Berthold award
An Addenbrooke’s honorary consultant who has won top accolades for his cutting-edge work has just been presented with another. ...
Arecor enters collaboration with major global pharmaceutical partner
Cambridge: Arecor Therapeutics plc, the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, announces that it has signed a formulation study agreement with a major global pharmaceutical partner. ...
China’s Neurotechnology breakthrough: A new era for Paralysis treatment
In the vibrant metropolis of Shanghai, a quiet revolution is unfolding that could reshape the future of medicine and technology. ...
Scientists unlock secret behind how smoking and drinking alcohol causes cancer
Scientists have revealed exactly how tobacco smoke damages DNA to drive the development of different types of head and neck cancer, a finding that could unlock new treatments and prevention strategies. ...
CMR Surgical secures more than $200M to accelerate growth
CMR Surgical, the global surgical robotics company, announces the successful closing of a financing round of over $200 million through a combination of equity and debt capital to support the company’s ambitious growth plans. ...
World-first trial indicates immunosuppression may help treat Parkinson’s
A groundbreaking trial, led from Cambridge, has revealed that immunosuppressing medicines show promise for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, according to results presented this weekend at the world’s most prestigious neurodegeneration conference AD/PD. ...