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

Training a new breed of clinical triallist

03 Feb 2022

Cambridge's Experimental Medicine Initiative, working with AstraZeneca and GSK, is training specialists who can work out at an earlier stage of...

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Zetta Genomics

Cambridge spin-out aims to realise the power of genomic data in precision medicine

02 Feb 2022

Cambridge spin-out Zetta Genomics has raised £2.5 million in new seed funding from Nina Capital, APEX Medical and Cambridge Enterprise to advance its...

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Running water

08 Nov 2021

Meet social enterprise founder, Francesca O'Hanlon whose tech start-up is partnering with local plumbing businesses to bring clean water to...

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One man, three companies, tens of thousands of lives...

22 Oct 2021

Professor Steve Jackson talks about drug discovery, serial entrepreneurship and the enterprising mindset.

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Cambridge Biomedical Campus

University of Cambridge launches roadmap to support future growth of life sciences cluster

16 Jul 2021

Connect: Health Tech, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Zone, has today launched a roadmap, ‘Creating a University Enterprise Zone for Cambridge...

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Journeys of discovery: rapid genome sequencing

18 May 2021

David Klenerman and Shankar Balasubramanian talk about their discovery of a revolutionary DNA sequencing technology – and the global impact that...

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Architecting the future

08 Dec 2020

Arm is working with Cambridge researchers to make our phones and computers more secure, more efficient and ready for the digital revolution.

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Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Open-source toolkit helps developing countries meet demand for COVID-19 research and diagnostics

08 Dec 2020

Researchers have developed a free, open-source toolkit that allows laboratories in developing countries to produce their own tools for COVID-19...

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Beyond the pandemic: put universities at the heart of an innovation-led recovery

28 Aug 2020

Universities have stepped up to meet the challenges presented by the pandemic. Tomas Ulrichsen, an expert on universities and their role in...

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Look up

Two new initiatives to boost economic value from university research

16 Jul 2020

Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support programmes working to increase the economic value and social impacts from...

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On the move

02 Jul 2020

Wearable devices will play an important part in the healthcare delivery of the future. Cambridge and Nokia Bell Labs are working together to build...

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Strategic partner: Aviva

29 Apr 2020

A new partnership between Aviva and Cambridge is asking what do advances in technology and data science mean for the future of insurance?

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