Our mission is to translate world class fundamental research into interventions that positively impact health and wellbeing for people everywhere.
Professor Duncan Richards, Head of Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Our mission is to translate world class fundamental research into interventions that positively impact health and wellbeing for people everywhere.
Professor Duncan Richards, Head of Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Houdini Bio to unlock DNA limits with £1.5m pre-seed round
2 July 2026
Founded in 2025 as a spinout from the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, the startup uses machine learning to analyse a therapy’s genetic sequence before it reaches patients. Its approach centres on a protein complex called HUSH, an epigenetic repressor complex made entirely of proteins, which was...
COVID-19 vaccine boosters may help protect against future animal coronaviruses
1 July 2026
Grace West, Rebecca Morse and other scientists in the Gupta and Rihn laboratories at CITIID has shown that an individual’s first exposure to SARS-CoV-2 ‘locks in’ their immune response, impeding their ability to respond to future variants, even when vaccinated.
Repurposed epilepsy drug could be used to boost vaccine protection among elderly
30 June 2026
Professor Eoin McKinney and colleagues showed that the drug more than doubled the number of antibodies against flu and increased 10‑fold the number of flu-specific CD8 T cells, a type of white blood cell that kills cells infected by flu.
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