"The platform, while focused initially on cancer, could theoretically be applied to a range of other conditions"

Cancer is one the biggest healthcare challenges and a leading cause of death in modern society, and there is no lack of startups and spinouts aiming to tackle the disease, with an increasing number emerging since Global University Venturing last took a detailed look at the sector two years ago.

Medicine has come a long way since 2014, even if the world is still far from easy cures – the UK’s Office for National Statistics last week released its first…