Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries
20 Apr 2020In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local...
The sequencing of COVID-19
17 Apr 2020Labs across the country have converted to the genetic sequencing of coronavirus samples to help track its mutation and spread. The initiative, COG-UK...
Interactive tool shows the science behind COVID-19 control measures
08 Apr 2020An online tool to illustrate the effects of different COVID-19 control measures has been developed by a team of University of Cambridge researchers...
Researcher profile: Professor Julia Gog
08 Apr 2020Professor Julia Gog is a mathematician who specialises in modelling the spread of infectious diseases, particularly pandemic influenza. For months...
Cambridge engineers use industrial modelling techniques to help Addenbrooke’s manage COVID-19 care
07 Apr 2020Modelling tools originally designed to improve the efficiency of factories are being used by Cambridge engineers to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital...
New app collects the sounds of COVID-19
06 Apr 2020A new app, which will be used to collect data to develop machine learning algorithms that could automatically detect whether a person is suffering...
Progress using COVID-19 patient data to train machine learning models for healthcare
03 Apr 2020Following from last week's call for governments to use machine learning and AI techniques to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic...
Rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test developed by Cambridge team to be deployed in hospitals
02 Apr 2020A new rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19, developed by a University of Cambridge spinout company and capable of diagnosing the infection in under 90...
Opinion: Patient zero: why it's such a toxic term
01 Apr 2020Dr Richard McKay traces the history of the 'patient zero' idea through epidemics such as HIV and typhoid, and the return of this trope with COVID-19.
Identification of viruses and bacteria could be sped up through computational methods
30 Mar 2020A new multinational study has shown how the process of distinguishing viruses and bacteria could be accelerated through the use of computational...
Intensive care units in England could run out of beds within two weeks, study finds
24 Mar 2020Intensive care unit (ICU) occupancy is likely to increase dramatically over the next few weeks, suggests research published by a team at the...
Strategic partner: AstraZeneca
11 Nov 2019Scientists at AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, have been working with Cambridge University for more than two decades. What are the...