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The long-sought dream of wearable and mobile devices that will interpret, replicate and influence people’s emotions and perceptions will soon be a reality thanks to a collaboration between the University and Nokia Bell Labs.Nokia Bell Labs is a founding partner of the new Centre for Mobile, Wearable Systems and Augmented Intelligence, to be based i…

An algorithm to monitor the joints of patients with arthritis, which could change the way that the severity of the condition is assessed, has been developed by a team of engineers, physicians and radiologists led by the University of Cambridge. Using this technique, we’ll hopefully be able to identify osteoarthritis earlier, and look at potential t…

Business Secretary Greg Clark today announced funding for a series of ambitious technology projects that will transform the way medicines are discovered, enabling the pharmaceutical industry to develop groundbreaking drugs faster, cheaper and better than ever before.Our partnership in the institute gives us access to, and a leading role in, develop…

For women with HER2 positive early-stage breast cancer taking Herceptin for six months could be as effective as 12 months in preventing relapse and death, and can reduce side effects, finds new research.We are confident that this will mark the first steps towards a reduction of Herceptin treatment to six months in many women with HER2-positive brea…

Professor Lynn Gladden CBE, FRS, FREng has been selected to be the next Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as announced today by Science Minister Sam Gyimah. She will take up the role in October, succeeding Professor Philip Nelson who will step down at the end of September.Professor Gladden is current…

This new building in Cambridge will house the science stars of the futureThe science stars of tomorrow will be nurtured in a brand new building which has opened at the West Cambridge site.Cambridge University's department of chemical engineering and biotechnology's new base will provide whole cycle of scientific investigation in chemical engineerin…

Unique science for health policy think-tank joins University of CambridgeA leading multidisciplinary think tank, the PHG Foundation, will become part of the University of Cambridge from 1 April this year, with a focus on making science work for health. This has been made possible by a philanthropic gift from the Hong Kong-based Hatton Trust, which …

Looking to Disrupt Healthcare? Enter the MedImmune Digital Health ChallengeChoose from a list of six topics and submit your best solution!Mhealth solution for measuring of disease progression in chronic respiratory disease - open to highly novel endpoints e.g. socialisationData mining of eHealth records to aid focussed patient recruitment (projects…

The Body in Miniature The past few years has seen an explosion in the number of studies using organoids – so-called ‘mini organs’. While they can help scientists understand human biology and disease, some in the field have questioned their usefulness. But as the field matures, we could see their increasing use in personalised and regenerative medic…

Scientists have shown in mice that skin cells re-programmed into brain stem cells, transplanted into the central nervous system, help reduce inflammation and may be able to help repair damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS).Our mouse study suggests that using a patient’s reprogrammed cells could provide a route to personalised treatment of chroni…

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has recently announced funding for a new Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence, based at the University of Cambridge and The Institute of Cancer Research, London.By creating a hub of expertise for childhood brain tumour research in the UK, we aim to make real inroads to tackling these diseasesRichard GilbertsonThe a…

The University of Cambridge is among the first three institutions to join Pfizer's Innovative Target Exploration Network (ITEN) programme.Announced by Pfizer on 8th January, ITEN is a new, early-stage partnering model that enables collaborative relationships with select academic institutions and principal investigators around the world, to identify…

The Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences (CATS) has been awarded £1million over two years by Wellcome as a part of a new scheme to find new ways to translate scientific discoveries into real world impact.Cambridge is one six institutions to receive funding to create partnerships with Wellcome. The others are the Universities of Bristol, Edinbu…

Gifts totalling more than £32 million, together with government funds of over £17 million, have enabled the launch of a highly innovative Centre in Cambridge that is pioneering new approaches to understand and treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia.The Centre…

Nanobots that patrol our bodies, killer immune cells hunting and destroying cancer cells, biological scissors that cut out defective genes: these are just some of technologies that Cambridge researchers are developing which are set to revolutionise medicine in the future.In a new film to coincide with the recent launch of the Cambridge Academy of T…