Llama ‘nanobodies’ could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection
22 July 2021Scientists have developed a ‘nanobody’ – a small fragment of a llama antibody – that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it...
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Scientists have developed a ‘nanobody’ – a small fragment of a llama antibody – that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it...
Eight in 10 of the world’s poorest children – almost 50 million boys and girls – are missing out on vital education in the first few years...
The museum's reopening exhibition uses the fragility of fired clay to throw attention back on to ecological decline, ecosystem collapse and environmental change
Markers in our blood – ‘fingerprints’ of infection – could help identify individuals who have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, several...
Connect: Health Tech, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Zone, has today launched a roadmap, ‘Creating a University Enterprise Zone for Cambridge across the life and...
Getting close was a challenge. Cracking it was key to an incredible 30-year study of the wild meerkats of the Kalahari.
The ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary and scientific research -...
New research shows the gender gap in the teaching and study of economics is still dramatic and actually getting worse. Economists argue that this is...
The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly linked to temperature. Colder, harsher climates drove the evolution...
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants – carried by one in 3,000 people – that have a larger impact on...