Future therapeutics

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

Expanding polymer-coated gold nanoparticles

Little ANTs: researchers build the world’s tiniest engine

02 May 2016

Researchers have built a nano-engine that could form the basis for future applications in nano-robotics, including robots small enough to enter...

Spinal injury and ‘biorobotic control’ of the bladder

16 Feb 2016

There are many challenges facing people with spinal cord injury – and walking again is often the least of their problems. Cambridge research could...

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...

Stopping tumour cells killing surrounding tissue may provide clue to fighting cancer

04 Feb 2016

Tumours kill off surrounding cells to make room to grow, according to new research from the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge. Although the study was carried...

Graphene shown to safely interact with neurons in the brain

29 Jan 2016

Researchers have shown that graphene can be used to make electrodes that can be implanted in the brain, which could potentially be used to restore...

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, ̽��ֱ��...

Mouse embryo yolk sac with human pluripotent stem cells (green) incorporated

Stem cells likely to be safe for use in regenerative medicine, study confirms

18 Dec 2015

Cambridge researchers have found the strongest evidence to date that human pluripotent stem cells – cells that can give rise to all tissues of the...

Structure of the MMP8 protein. Based on PyMOL rendering of PDB 1a85

Moonlighting molecules: finding new uses for old enzymes

26 Nov 2015

A collaboration between the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, has led...

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Credit: None

GSK/Cambridge Strategic Partnership aims to develop next wave of ‘game-changing’ medicines

23 Nov 2015

GSK, the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust today announce their Strategic Partnership, with the long-...

Picture to educate people in villages that have no medical service about the spread of TB

A whole host of options

09 Oct 2015

Almost one in four of the world’s cases of tuberculosis (TB) are in India and the disease is constantly adapting itself to outwit our medicines...

Calling for help: damaged nerve cells communicate with stem cells

06 Oct 2015

Nerve cells damaged in diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), ‘talk’ to stem cells in the same way that they communicate with other nerve cells...

Old drug performs new tricks

21 Sep 2015

Patients with the most dangerous type of high blood pressure will be able to receive far more effective treatment after Cambridge-led research...

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