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Combating infectious diseases and the threat of antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest global challenges.

Cambridge to spearhead £20million alliance to map spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

23 Mar 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is to take a leading role in a major national effort to help understand and control the new coronavirus infection (COVID-...

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Coronavirus

Cambridge research team working towards vaccine against COVID-19

17 Mar 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥race is on to find a vaccine against the new COVID-19 coronavirus. Professor Jonathan Heeney explains why a cautious approach is needed and how...

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Women in STEM: Emma Glennon

17 Oct 2019

Emma Glennon is a PhD candidate in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her research on...

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Risk of Ebola outbreaks could be reduced by understanding how ecosystems influence human health

15 Oct 2019

̽»¨Ö±²¥next Ebola outbreak could be predicted using a new model that tracks how changes to ecosystems and human societies combine to affect the spread...

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Women in STEM: Valentina Ndolo

01 Aug 2019

Valentina Ndolo is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, where she is a PhD student developing mathematical models to...

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Scanning electron micrograph of a human neutrophil ingesting MRSA (yellow)

Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA

24 Jun 2019

Some MRSA infections could be tackled using widely-available antibiotics, suggests new research from an international collaboration led by scientists...

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HIV remission achieved in second patient

05 Mar 2019

A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment, according to a study published today in Nature.

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Spanish Flu: a warning from history

30 Nov 2018

One hundred years ago, celebrations marking the end of the First World War were cut short by the onslaught of a devastating disease: the 1918-19...

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Ebola and Lassa fever targeted by new vaccine trial and improved surveillance

25 Sep 2018

Scientists hope that a new approach to vaccine development, combined with improved surveillance of potential future threats of outbreak, could help...

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Ancient American dogs almost completely wiped out by arrival of European breeds

05 Jul 2018

̽»¨Ö±²¥arrival of Europeans to the Americas, beginning in the 15th century, all but wiped out the dogs that had lived alongside native people on the...

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Test can identify patients in intensive care at greatest risk of life-threatening infections

13 Jun 2018

Patients in intensive care units are at significant risk of potentially life-threatening secondary infections, including from antibiotic-resistant...

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Curious cows

Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible

07 Jun 2018

Field trials for a vaccine to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-...

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