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Dalai Lama to speak at Global Scholars Symposium
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will be visiting Cambridge on April 19 and 20 to speak at the Global Scholars Symposium. Founded in 2008 by Gates Cambridge […]
Creating an environment for success
Andrea Pizziconi [2003] believes higher education is the engine for the emerging world’s economic and social development and that the learning environment is crucial to any students’ success. She is […]
The evolution of inflammatory disease
Some variants in our genes that contribute to a person’s risk for inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease or rheumatoid arthritis, have been the target of natural selection […]
Newborn health
Said Saab’s [2012] research looks at improving breathing in newborns. “When babies are born prematurely their lungs are deficient in surfactant, the fluid which is essential for them to breath […]
From climate change to maternal ‘insanity’
Food insecurity, climate change, maternal ‘insanity’ and the future of medicine are the topics of the last internal symposium this term. The symposium takes place on 11 March from 7-9pm […]
21st century trading
US attempts to create a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to counter China’s growing influence in the Pacific region could threaten financial stability by making it impossible for those nations taking part […]
Health data provides rich resource
One of the richest data sources of non-communicable diseases in Africa has been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. One of the first authors of the paper is Georgina […]
Scientists discover pathways to liver disease
An international team of scientists that included Gates Cambridge Scholar Siddhartha Kar has shed new light on the genetic underpinnings of the most common autoimmune disease of the liver, which […]
Gates Cambridge and Gates Foundation host joint event
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Gates Cambridge hosted a joint event in London last night to celebrate the role of philanthropy in meeting the challenges of the 21st […]
Intelligence redefined
Gifted and talented programmes should be opened up to a wider group of children and they should be allowed multiple chances to qualify, according to a new book by a […]
