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New DNA-reading method uncovers another layer of information inside our cells
Cambridge researchers developed SCoTCH-seq, which can read three forms of cytosine across both DNA strands and may eventually improve understanding of cancer and neurodegenerative disease.
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Cambridge will lead £50m centre searching for treatments for mitochondrial DNA diseases
A new £50m Medical Research Council centre led from Cambridge will bring researchers, clinicians and patients together to develop therapies for mitochondrial DNA diseases.
£20m Cambridge hub will use stem cells and AI to make early medicines research more human
A new MRC hub will combine patient-derived organoids, stem cells, bioengineering and AI to improve how potential medicines are tested before clinical trials.
Tiny UK satellite will hide behind the Moon to listen for the universe before its first stars
Cambridge-led CosmoCube will use the radio silence of the Moon's far side to search for a faint hydrogen signal from the cosmic dark ages more than 13.5 billion years ago.
UK flight trial will test whether tiny route changes can cut warming contrails
Operation Blue Skies will use AI forecasts and small altitude changes on North Atlantic flights to test whether persistent warming contrails can be reduced in normal airspace operations.