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Hair loss is biotech’s gain
A team of biotechnology entrepreneurs from the University of Cambridge has scooped a prestigious prize in the biotech equivalent of Dragon’s Den with their hair loss treatment company. The Calvitium […]
Language of success
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has become the first Grenadian to win an award for outstanding achievement from the Society for Caribbean Linguistics. Jill Paterson, who is also the first Gates […]
Can social enterprise be used in global medicine?
Does the social enterprise model have the potential to drive the development of new medicines for low and middle income countries? A new report, authored by Gates Cambridge alumnus Andrew […]
Engineering a healthier future
What makes specific genes turn on in some cells and not in others? Finding the answer could lead to the development of new treatments which could revolutionise medicine. Luke Edelman’s […]
A view from abroad
What does the future hold for Spain, a country facing dire economic problems which have exacerbated existing tensions? Many of those relate to Spain’s fractious sense of identity, widely regarded […]
Combatting Cystic Fibrosis
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been awarded the National Silver Medal of the National Veterinary School of Paris for her thesis on a potential drug treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. Marie […]
Next generation leaders in Africa
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been profiled as one of the next generation of scholars, thinkers and practitioners in the field of peace and security in Africa. Njoki Wamai [2012], who […]
The history of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood
The exiled Muslim Brotherhood in Syria is preparing to exploit the current crisis in the country to make its return, but is unlikely to link up with the most extreme […]
Mixing trade and public health
A recent World Trade Organisation ruling on a US ban on clove cigarettes shows the international body is not best placed to adjudicate on public health issues, according to an […]
Tomorrow’s news
How do you make online journalism economically viable? It’s one of the biggest issues in journalism today as more and more newspapers migrate online and it’s one that Gates Cambridge […]
