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New technologies and strong academic-industry partnerships have the potential to change the face of therapeutic medicine.

3D image of human neurons in a dish

Link between proteins points to possibilities for future Alzheimer’s treatments

23 Apr 2015

Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease are linked in a pathway that controls its progression, and that...

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Pulse

Million man study examines long-term effects of blocking inflammation

26 Feb 2015

Inflammation – the body’s response to damaging stimuli – may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, according to a study published...

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Elderly hands

Cambridge Drug Discovery Institute to fast-track development of new treatments for dementia

16 Feb 2015

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the world’s largest dedicated dementia research charity, has announced a £30 million Drug Discovery Alliance, launching...

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Computer model of blood development could speed up search for new leukaemia drugs

09 Feb 2015

The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments for leukaemia and...

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Eve, the Robot Scientist

Artificially-intelligent Robot Scientist ‘Eve’ could boost search for new drugs

04 Feb 2015

Eve, an artificially-intelligent ‘robot scientist’ could make drug discovery faster and much cheaper, say researchers writing in the Royal Society...

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First of new generation of cancer drugs granted European approval

18 Dec 2014

A new drug for ovarian cancer, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and AstraZeneca, has today become the first of new class of...

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University of Cambridge to establish two new Blood and Transplant Research Units

14 Nov 2014

The University of Cambridge has received £7.9 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to fund Blood and Transplant Research...

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Metastatic Breast Cancer in Pleural Fluid

Drugging the undruggable: discovery opens up possibility of slowing cancer spread

12 Nov 2014

A trawl through a library of more than 50,000 ‘small molecules’ has identified a potential candidate to inhibit the spread of cancer cells throughout...

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Chemicals found in everyday fruits could minimise organ damage after heart attack and stroke

05 Nov 2014

Scientists have identified chemicals found in some everyday fruit that could protect vital organs from long-term damage following a heart attack or...

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"Growing brains in the lab"

The man with a thousand brains

31 Oct 2014

Forty million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer’s and this is only set to increase. But tiny brains grown in culture could help scientists...

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Testing time for stem cells

Testing time for stem cells

23 Oct 2014

DefiniGEN is one of the first commercial opportunities to arise from Cambridge’s expertise in stem cell research. Here, we look at some of the...

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Norovirus

Scientists take step towards drug to treat norovirus stomach bug

21 Oct 2014

An experimental drug currently being trialled for influenza and Ebola viruses could have a new target: norovirus, often known as the winter vomiting...

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