Healthcare and Life Science
Senior nurse to bring vast experience to ARU role
Ruth May, England’s former Chief Nursing Officer, joins Anglia Ruskin University. ...
Labour boost for GP surgeries in Cambridge
Cambridge patients are set to benefit from thousands more GP appointments as Labour delivers a major cash boost to local surgeries. ...
China at Now - An EFEC insight for the UK life sciences community
China’s life sciences sector is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by rapid innovation, deepening global integration, and significant advancements in biopharmaceuticals and medical devices. ...
Genetic ancestry and parental smoking linked to new genetic changes in children
Ancestry and lifestyle choices of parents may affect the rate and type of new genetic changes that arise in their children, new research has found. ...
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. ...