Monoclonal antibodies: the invisible allies that changed the face of medicine
10 Aug 2015Forty years ago, two researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge developed a new technology that was to win him the Nobel Prize – and is now found in six out of ten of the world’s bestselling drugs. Dr Lara Marks from Department of History and Philosophy of Science discusses the importance of ‘monoclonal antibodies’.
‘Brain training’ app may improve memory and daily functioning in schizophrenia
03 Aug 2015A ‘brain training’ iPad game developed and tested by researchers at the University of Cambridge may improve the memory of patients with schizophrenia, helping them in their daily lives at work and living independently, according to research published today.
Cambridge researchers and pharma in innovative new consortium to develop and study early stage drugs
28 Jul 2015An innovative new Consortium will act as a ‘match-making’ service between pharmaceutical companies and researchers in Cambridge with the aim of developing and studying precision medicines for some of the most globally devastating diseases.
‘Pill on a string’ could help spot early signs of cancer of the gullet
20 Jul 2015A ‘pill on a string’ developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help doctors detect oesophageal cancer – cancer of the gullet – at an early stage, helping them overcome the problem of wide variation between biopsies, suggests research published today in the journal Nature Genetics.
Health costs of ageing will shoot up without technological innovation
14 Jul 2015New report urges government and designers to work together to break down the barriers to innovation in order to adapt to an ageing population.
Six degrees of innovation
08 Jul 2015New report identifies six successful business models to guide companies.
Silent flights: How owls could help make wind turbines and planes quieter
22 Jun 2015A newly-designed material, which mimics the wing structure of owls, could help make wind turbines, computer fans and even planes much quieter. Early wind tunnel tests of the coating have shown a substantial reduction in noise without any noticeable effect on aerodynamics.
Cambridge's Chemistry of Health programme awarded £17 million in funding
25 Mar 2015New funding will support fundamental research into the molecular processes underlying human disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and enable new ways to combat them.
The European roadmap for graphene science and technology
24 Feb 2015Europe's Graphene Flagship lays out a science and technology roadmap, targeting research areas designed to take graphene and related two-dimensional materials from academic laboratories into society.
