News and Trends 30 Mar 2017 New Clues on How the Immune System Weakens with Age By analyzing the responses of individual immune cells, a new study in Science provides new insights into the decline of the immune system with age. In a collaborative effort, researchers from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Cancer Research UK–Cambridge Institute (CRUK-CI) have shed light on a […] March 30, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 14 Mar 2017 The First 3D Structure of Active DNA could advance Stem Cell Therapies Scientists from the University of Cambridge have determined the first 3D structures of mammalian genomes from individual cells. For the first time, researchers from the University of Cambridge were able to determine the 3D structure of an active mouse genome in embryonic stem cells. Tim Stevens and his colleagues used a combination of imaging and […] March 14, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 22 Feb 2017 UK’s Joint Venture Bridging Academia and Industry is Ready for Kick Off Apollo Therapeutics is a UK-based joint venture bridging academia and industry to drive the translation of university research. Its first four drug discovery programmes will now be launched. Apollo Therapeutics was founded in early 2016 as a collaborative effort of the three global pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, and the world-leading UK-universities, Imperial College London, UCL and the University of […] February 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Jan 2017 New British Biotech-Academia Alliance takes on Cardiovascular Disease Heptares Therapeutics and the University of Cambridge have partnered to investigate a novel target for cardiovascular diseases. Heptares Therapeutics, based in London, develops drugs against historically undruggable G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The company has now announced a new research collaboration with the University of Cambridge focusing on a specific GPCR, the apelin receptor. Heptares will support a […] January 31, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 30 Jan 2017 The Shiniest Golden Vertex? 15 Great Biotechs in Cambridge Cambridge’s image is tied to its Hogwarts-like University and Nobel-hoarding academia, but there’s also an exciting entrepreneurial scene at the cutting edge of technology. We took a look at how big biotech is in the Silicon Fen. Cambridge’s Biotech cluster has an exemplary hive of talent, infrastructure, and capital – enough to create the same vibe […] January 30, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 6 Jan 2017 ‘Packaged’ CRISPR Systems to Standardize novel Biomedical Research There’s a growing appetite to refine and standardize CRISPR protocols, as its application expands into different areas of genomic research. The Wellcome Trust and Desktop Genomics have recent advances to make it more efficient and controllable. Outside of the high-stakes world of therapeutic CRISPR, which has enjoyed gambling-like investment and whose legal future is unfolding in court, this […] January 6, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Oct 2016 Meet the First Biotech to Jump on Autophagy After This Years’ Nobel Prize Just after the Nobel Prize was awarded to the study of autophagy, PhoreMost announces a collaboration to target the process in neurodegenerative diseases. PhoreMost is a drug discovery company that focuses on finding ‘undruggable’ targets, such as the KRAS cancer gene. Now, the company has announced a collaboration with the University of Cambridge to start working […] October 17, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 13 Oct 2016 This Start-up sells Cheap 3D-printed Microscopes for Bacterial testing What if you could print your own microscope to save money? WaterScope has designed a 3D-printed microscope for rapid water testing in the field on a budget. WaterScope is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge that 3D prints microscopes and sells them to anyone that requires low-cost equipment for their project or start-up. The funds will […] October 13, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Oct 2016 One Step Closer to an HIV Cure That Can Eliminate the Latent Virus HIV has completely disappeared from the blood of a patient in clinical trials. The new HIV treatment that can target the virus even in its dormant state by activating latent infected cells and could possibly become the first HIV cure available. These initial results show that the new therapy, developed in the UK, may be effective in curing HIV. One of 50 […] October 4, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email