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Neurons

Milner Therapeutics Institute: a drug discovery ecosystem

28 Jun 2017

Tony Kouzarides is passionate about ecosystems: well-balanced communities that flourish on mutual and dynamic interactions. But the ecosystems that...

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Apollo's mission to drive therapeutic innovation

20 Jun 2017

The stirrings of a revolution are starting to ripple through hundreds of laboratories. It’s a revolution that aims to result in new medicines –...

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Cambridge start-up raises £40 million in funding to develop new cancer treatments

16 Jun 2017

Cambridge-based start-up company Bicycle Therapeutics has recently raised £40 million from a range of investors to bring its cancer drug candidates...

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Cambridge spin-out raises £7 million to develop treatments for lung disease

04 May 2017

A University of Cambridge spin-out company has raised £7 million in new funding, which will help in the development of treatments for liver and lung...

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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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