Research
New study tackles patient ‘no-shows’ that costs the NHS £650k a month
Missed hospital appointments may be reduced if clinics encourage patients to rebook their own appointments when clinics need to reschedule, says new study co-authored by Professor Houyuan Jiang of Cambridge Judge Business School. ...
ELRIG UK establishes Engagement Strategy Work Group
Cambridge, UK, 14 September 2023: The European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) UK announces the formation of its Engagement Strategy Work Group (ESWG). ...
AstraZeneca’s Calquence approved in China for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Approval based on results from ASCEND global Phase III trial and a Phase I/II local trial, which showed 83.3% overall response rate in Chinese patients treated with Calquence. ...
Qkine partners with the UK’s new £12M cellular agriculture manufacturing hub, CARMA, to revolutionize sustainable food production
Qkine is excited to announce a new partnernship with the UK’s new £12M cellular agriculture manufacturing hub, CARMA. The EPSRC-funded Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub will develop new approaches to making food products. ...
The importance of Carbon Capture and Storage
There is currently a great deal of focus on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as an effective means of limiting the damage caused by climate change. However, for the world to meet its 2050 net zero goals, up to 2 billion metric tonnes of carbon needs to be captured by 2030 – at present, ...
Cresset Discovery shares insights on escaping fluorinated chemical space
Introduction At Cresset Discovery the team endeavour to remain up to date with the changing development landscape, exploring new methods and techniques but also examining trends and problems that are approaching. It was this approach to analysis, and following discussions with our clie...
Essential building blocks for business success from founder of Axiom-e
Last term, Ken Dickson, the founder of Axiom-e, ran three versions of 'The Pillars of Business Success' course to audiences drawn from more than 20 countries. His first talk of this term will be at the Quadram Institute, a state-of-the-art facility for bioscience and clinical research,...
What connects the world’s first wheelchair toddler with a world-famous Cambridge scientist?
What connects the world’s first wheelchair toddler with a world-famous Cambridge scientist? Anyone who knows Ken Dickson, the Founder of Axiom-e, will have heard him mention Dragonmobility Ltd, the social enterprise designer and manufacturer of bespoke elevating powered wheelchairs (p...
China’s new materials industry & UK-China collaboration
The development of materials and chemical products in China has been one of the most remarkable industrial and scientific transformations in recent history. Over the past few decades, China has rapidly evolved from being a consumer of materials and chemicals to becoming a major player i...
Skeletal editing and removing the gap between CADD/AIDD and synthesis
In the fields of peptide and protein synthesis, there is a very efficient translation between design and synthesis – this operates generally via the mechanism of DNA synthesis, and then various expression platforms or through direct synthesis routes at the amino acid level. Whilst the ‘...