Vaccines against Salmonella that use a live, but weakened, form of the bacteria are more effective than those that use only dead fragments because of the particular way in which they stimulate the immune system, according to research from the University of Cambridge published today.
CEO of GAVI Alliance to give Wellcome Trust-Cambridge Centre for Global Health Research inaugural lecture
Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.
A ‘dipstick’ test that detects Hepatitis B within 30 minutes – and could be used in some of the world’s poorest countries – has been given the green light for use in the European Union.
A new multidisciplinary research programme aims to develop a single vaccine that will combat four major respiratory pathogens of pigs.
Some remarkable organisms are able to withstand almost complete desiccation. How they survive is providing Cambridge researchers with new ideas for biostable therapeutics.
The common view has been that parasitic infections cause disease and must be eliminated. But can we live without them?
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