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The application of new ideas, discoveries and inventions contributes to society and the economy nationally and globally.

Moon Scape of bald head

Hair loss prevention product wins national biotech award

19 Dec 2012

A team of aspiring biotechnology entrepreneurs from the University of Cambridge has won the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES) 2012.

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iPS cell colony

New patient-friendly way to make stem cells for fight against heart disease

30 Nov 2012

Promising new technique for creating stem cells using a routine blood sample.

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Cambridge Nanoscience Centre

£60 million boost for science innovation

15 Nov 2012

Cambridge has received new funding as part of a £60m investment in UK universities to help encourage the development of new industrial collaborations...

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CANTABmobile report of cognitive function

Fast-tracking dementia diagnosis

09 Nov 2012

The amount of time it takes to diagnose dementia could be reduced from the current 18 months to just three months, thanks in part to technology...

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Differentiation of human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hIPSC) to functional liver hepatocyte cells

The role of stem cells in developing new drugs

30 Oct 2012

Cambridge team which developed method to generate liver cells from skin cells has formed a new company to supply stem cell products to the drug...

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Confocal microscopy showing mutant A1AT as green inclusions within a cell

New collaboration to develop treatments for liver disease

07 Sep 2012

A new collaboration based at the University of Cambridge will aim to discover and develop new medicines to treat liver disease.

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Hydrogel technology may reduce the need for injections

New technology delivers sustained release of drugs for up to six months

15 Aug 2012

A new technology which delivers sustained release of therapeutics for up to six months could be used in conditions which require routine injections...

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A vegetable vendor uses a solar lamp to light her stall

Frugal innovation

17 May 2012

Co-author of recently published book 'Jugaad Innovation', Professor Jaideep Prabhu argues that a frugal and flexible approach to innovation can...

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Oscillogram

Call of the wired

27 Apr 2012

For generations, we have dreamed of machines with artificial intelligence with which we can have real conversations but, despite amazing...

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The gas flare at the Jurong Island oil refineries, Singapore.

Cambridge announces Centre for Carbon Reduction in Chemical Technology in Singapore

21 Mar 2012

The University of Cambridge and National Research Foundation, Singapore, have today announced plans for a collaborative research centre, specialising...

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A forest

Use a laser, save a tree

14 Mar 2012

Laser un-printers that can remove toner from scrap paper so that it can be used again may be coming to an office near you in the future, results from...

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Hauser Forum

Cambridge Enterprise announces 2011 results

20 Dec 2011

Income generated from the University of Cambridge’s commercialisation activities continued to rise in 2011, as did the number of intellectual...

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