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Brain cells created from patients' skin cells
Research paves way for innovative techniques to explore disease as diverse as autism and Alzheimer's.
Breeding better grasses for food and fuel
Newly discovered family of genes could help us breed grasses with improved properties for food and fuel.
The hidden power of moss
Scientists at Cambridge University are exhibiting a prototype table that demonstrates how biological fuel cells can harness energy from plants.
Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce
Researchers have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored in wood, straw, and other non-edible parts of plants difficult to extract.
Bioenergy research blooms in Cambridge
The Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
Small is beautiful in drug discovery
Cambridge scientists are employing fragment-based drug discovery approaches – a technique that involves ‘growing’ potent drugs from tiny chemical fragments – to tackle tuberculosis and cancer.
Watching cancer cells eat, breathe and die
Cancer cells can now be viewed as never before, thanks to cutting-edge imaging tools being developed in Cambridge.
Scientists get to the root of ancient case of sour grapes
Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that a lowly grape variety grown by peasants, but despised by noblemen, during the Middle Ages was the mother of many of today's greatest grape varieties, including the Chardonnay used in Champagne.