Schoolboy to be the youngest ever competitor in 1,000km cycling race across France
A 14-year-old schoolboy is to become the youngest ever competitor in a 1,000km ultra-endurance cycling race across France in honour of his little sister who has a brain tumour.
Call for Papers: Farm to Table Sensing Technology
Papers are invited for the Farm to Table Sensing Technology Conference: https://www.sensor100.com/SFA2023/About_SFA23.html
Spirometry and COPD
Spirometry is a commonly used diagnostic test that measures the amount of air a person can inhale and exhale and the speed at which they can do so [1]. It is often used to diagnose and monitor conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [1].
A Sight for Sore Eyes: Challenges and Innovations in Ophthalmic Drug Delivery
Ethan Miller and Kristien De Clercq discuss recent advancements and current challenges in the field of ophthalmology, including the trend towards preservative-free multidose delivery systems, delivering smaller topical volumes with increased drug efficacy, slow-release injections for delivery to
Cancer teams at Genomics England show significant new developments in long-read sequencing
Genomics is changing the future of healthcare – from improving diagnosis and more targeted treatments, to making healthcare systems more efficient. Using cutting-edge analytics, the cancer team at Genomics England have analysed a first batch of over 100 whole genome sequences generated by a novel technology.
VetCT has extended its global operations by setting up a Canadian branch
The new VetCT Corp. will enable the continued expansion of the global team through recruitment, while supporting the delivery of its 24/7 services.
CMR Surgical appoints new leader
Cambridge, United Kingdom - CMR Surgical – the global surgical robotics company, announces that Supratim Bose has become Chief Executive Officer, taking over from Per Vegard Nerseth with immediate effect.
CodiKoat Expands Operations At The EpiCentre in Haverhill
CodiKoat are delighted to have expanded their presence at The EpiCentre, the home of CodiKoat, growing into more research space to support their latest product developments.
New postgraduate courses in Cambridge to enable innovation in the healthcare sector
The Healthcare Innovation Programme is a set of three new successive part-time courses designed to fit with the demands of full-time employment, leading to PgCert, PgDip and Master of Studies qualifi
How COVID-19 could revolutionize the UK pharmaceutical procurement landscape: a DOAC procurement case study
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are widely used pharmaceutical products which represent a significant cost to the healthcare system.
Optibrium and PostEra collaborate to integrate AI drug discovery solutions
The collaboration connects PostEra’s synthesis prediction technology with Optibrium’s comprehensive platform for design, optimisation and data analysis for small molecule discovery
Owlstone Medical enters partnership with Bicycle Therapeutics for the development of Antigen-Targeted EVOC Probes for early Cancer detection
Cambridge, UK - Owlstone Medical , the global leader in Breath Biopsy® for applications in early disease detection and precision medicine, announces that it has entered into a Research Agreement with Bicycle Therapeutics plc, a biotechnology company pioneering a new and differentiated class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle®) technology.
Viveo runs marketing pop-up clinic for Life Science startups at Rothamsted Research
Viveo ran a successful marketing pop-up clinic with Rothamsted Research tenants on Monday the 13th of March.
CN Bio appoints Deepak Singh as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Key appointment as company seeks to continue global expansion of microphysiological systems and contract research service offerings.
Innovative device to treat female incontinence wins Health Tech Enterprise and eg technology award
Dr Luke Lintin has been awarded £3,000 of ‘in-kind support’ from eg technology to further the development of a novel solution for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, after winning the Health Tech Enterprise’s Innovation Voucher Competition Award.
Virus and bacteria killer Codikoat is on the expansion trail at the Epicentre, Haverhill
CodiKoat, the company that started life at the EpiCentre, Haverhill, in 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic with a ground-breaking technology that kills viruses and bacteria on surfaces within seconds, is on the expansion trail, growing into more space at the EpiCentre, recruiting new staff and launching new products.
Allia partners with Places for People to trial wearable agetech devices
Housing provider aims to integrate innovation to help customers live independently in their homes for as long as possible.
Collaboration for new therapies: maximizing funding and innovation
How do the public and private sectors collaborate on European medicines R&D and how can we increase the synergies that stem from the involvement of these sectors?
New business marketing materials delivered by Sable&Hawkes
Cambridge-based brand, design and content marketing company Sable&Hawkes have been commissioned to deliver business marketing materials for Echion Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of niobium-based anode materials for Li-ion batteries.
Cambridge ‘REVERT’ dementia clinic in international spotlight
Thirty-six people who feared they may be suffering from dementia have received life-changing surgery since the opening of a new clinic at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, an international conference will hear on Monday (13 March).
Breaking the time capsule: Life Sciences in 2010 and today
CRA’s Life Sciences Practice team recently analyzed past predictions of industry trends and compared them to what has occurred in the past decade, identified influencing factors and success drivers of these trends, and applied them to current industry predictions to outline what needs to occur fo
Switching to LEDs makes lighting up the NHS cost less
A huge project to replace inefficient fluorescent lights with LEDs is taking place at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Hospitals to help tackle climate change and save NHS money.
Product design, user experience and gender equality – can it work?
The theme for International Women’s Day this year focusses on gender equality.
International Women's Day - The Value of Visible Role Models
International Women's Day - The Value of Visible Role Models
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2023, we asked the women at the centre of CodiKoat to discuss the importance of role models, gender balance in STEM industries and more.
International Women's Day 2023: The Obstacles That Women Face
International Women's Day 2023: The Obstacles That Women Face