Healthcare and Life Science
New genomic method to track disease outbreaks globally
Phylo-Plex, a new computational method, has been developed by Wellcome Sanger Institute scientists and their collaborators to allow cost-effective and scalable DNA sequencing of pathogens in laboratories with limited resources. ...
G’s Fresh backs Cambridge Air Base Appeal
East Anglian Air Ambulance is pleased to announce that G’s Fresh – one of Europe’s leading fresh produce companies – is backing its Cambridge Air Base Appeal. ...
Eppendorf Focuses Outreach Programmes to Advance STEM Education in Europe
Hamburg, DE, 07 JULY 2026 – Eppendorf, a leading international life science company that develops, manufactures, and distributes instruments, consumables, and services for use in laboratories around the world, today highlights its European outreach activities dedicated to addressing per...
Bio-Rad Launches Vericheck ddPCR Kits Compatible with QX700 Platform for Biopharma Quality Control and Cell and Gene Therapy Workflows
New Vericheck ddPCR™ Kits Combine Highly Specific and Highly Sensitive DNA Detection and Quantification with the QX700™ System’s Seven-Color Multiplexing, Simplified Workflow, and Scalable Throughput ...
Davina McCall “Cancer Touches Every Life”: New film articulates the need for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
Celebrity and TV presenter Davina McCall has narrated a new short film about the planned Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, explaining why the new facility will provide a step-change in care for patients across the ...
Novartis nominated for UX Design Award with Team Consulting
Novartis has been nominated for a UX Design Award for a new drug delivery digital onboarding experience, developed in collaboration with Team Consulting. Designed to support patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS) in learning to self-inject, the digital platform has be...
Cambridge scientist wins Lister Prize for pioneering Parkinson’s research project – backed by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust
A scientist whose pioneering Parkinson’s research was given early backing by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) has just been awarded a prestigious Lister Prize Fellowship. ...
Deloitte digital consumer trends: over a third of consumers believe GenAI health advice is always accurate
A quarter of GenAI users have used the tool for advice about health or personal problemsHuman interaction in customer service is still the preference for consumers Four in five (81%) UK consumers don’t want AI to replace actors in film and TVA quarter (26%) of GenAI users, have ask...
Beyond capability: The questions I’m hearing
By Lily Lin, CEO of Excellence First Enterprise Consultancy.
What do investors actually want to see from a hardware startup before funding it?
It takes more than a good idea.Investors backing hardware want to see proof of a real problem worth paying to solve, a prototype that demonstrates function, not just looks, a cost structure that still works at true production scale, and a manufacturing plan that's grounded in reality, n...