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A counterintuitive approach to fighting cancer

09 Nov 2016

When you’re under attack, you fight back. You gather your troops and attack the invading enemy, hoping to wound and defeat them, while supporting and...

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Fibrils of amyloid-beta

Researchers identify ‘neurostatin’ that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

12 Feb 2016

An approved anti-cancer drug successfully targets the first step in the toxic chain reaction that leads to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that...

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Innovation

Cambridge joins consortium to launch £40 million Apollo Therapeutics Fund

25 Jan 2016

Three global pharmaceutical companies and the technology transfer offices of three world-leading universities – Imperial College London, University...

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Lab tubes (cropped)

Cambridge researchers and pharma in innovative new consortium to develop and study early stage drugs

28 Jul 2015

An innovative new Consortium will act as a ‘match-making’ service between pharmaceutical companies and researchers in Cambridge with the aim of...

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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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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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Microstructures made from designer proteins

‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained

18 Dec 2014

New study describes a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein’s shape and function, with potential applications in biotechnology and drug...

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When twisted light matches the twist of nanostructures, strong interactions with chiral molecules could arise

Exposing ‘evil twins’

16 May 2014

A combination of nanotechnology and a unique twisting property of light could lead to new methods for ensuring the purity and safety of...

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Discovery of new structure of cell’s communication channel could aid drug development

28 Apr 2014

The structure of sodium channels – which play an essential role in the functioning of heart and nerve cells – are different than previously believed...

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The DNA nanopore (in blue) is a tube formed of folded strands of DNA. The porphyrin anchors, in red, anchor it securely between the two layers of the cell membrane (in grey), which is shown in cross-section.

Designer piercings

07 Nov 2013

A new method which streamlines the design and construction of synthetic membrane pores could improve a range of scientific processes, including...

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Lung cancer cells

Astex Pharmaceuticals acquired by Otsuka

11 Sep 2013

University of Cambridge portfolio company Astex Pharmaceuticals is to be acquired by a Japanese company in order to accelerate the development of new...

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Neurons, confocal fluorescence microscopy

New treatments for pain and MS being developed in open innovation programme

25 Jun 2013

Cambridge researchers developing new therapies as part of a collaborative programme with industry.

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