News and events
The latest news from Cambridge Enterprise and information on events coming up in the coming months.
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UCL and Cambridge share in £50m of new funding to help stimulate UK economy
University College London (UCL) and Cambridge have been awarded a share of a government investment of £50m into UK’s leading universities to drive growth, the Minister for Universities and Science has announced.
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The artificial pancreas that keeps tabs on sugar
Development of a sophisticated artificial pancreas holds potential to transform the lives of patients with Type 1 diabetes.
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‘Mid-sized’ firms key to UK manufacturing
A new report suggests that global production shift to Asia may have “run its course” and points to “undervalued” mid-sized manufacturing firms as essential to UK economic regrowth.
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New device could make diagnosing disease as simple as breathing
A range of diseases and conditions, from asthma to liver disease, could be diagnosed and monitored quickly and painlessly just by breathing, using gas sensing technology developed by a Cambridge spin-out.
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Horizon Discovery announces collaboration with AstraZeneca
Cambridge Enterprise portfolio company Horizon Discovery and AstraZeneca have entered into an exclusive collaboration and licence agreement to explore Horizon’s first-in-class kinase target programme, HD-001, as a means of developing novel therapies for multiple cancer types.
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Fighting online banking fraud
A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being rolled out across Europe by a Cambridge spin-out.
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New system to improve DNA sequencing
A sensing system developed at Cambridge is being commercialised in the UK for use in rapid, low-cost DNA sequencing, which would make the prediction and diagnosis of disease more efficient, and individualised treatment more affordable.
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Cambridge spin-outs among Business Week award winners
Two University of Cambridge spin-outs were among the winners at the annual Business Weekly awards, held earlier this week at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
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The land of make-believe
Using augmented reality to encourage autistic children to engage in imaginative play.
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Horizon Discovery establishes two new Centres of Excellence in Cambridge
Leading researchers Steve Jackson and David Rubinsztein to apply rAAV gene editing technology in studies of oncology and neurodegenerative disease.