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Aedes aegypti mosquito

A very personal perspective on Dengue fever

20 Jan 2015

Leah Katzelnick was all set for a career as an anthropologist until she contracted dengue fever. She was in hospital for a week with severe symptoms...

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Heart pulse

Supplement could reduce heart disease risk in people of low birth weight

10 Dec 2014

A simple supplement could be a safe and cost-effective way of reducing heart disease in individuals born with a low birth weight, suggests research...

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Norovirus

Scientists take step towards drug to treat norovirus stomach bug

21 Oct 2014

An experimental drug currently being trialled for influenza and Ebola viruses could have a new target: norovirus, often known as the winter vomiting...

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B-lymphocyte cell

Neighbourhood watch: New technique helps identify proteins involved in immune response

23 May 2014

A new technique developed at the University of Cambridge allows researchers to identify clusters of proteins on immune cells which are key to...

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Male Eurasian jay

Male Eurasian jays know that their female partners’ desires can differ from their own

26 Mar 2014

New research shows that male jays are able to disengage from their own current desires to feed their female partner food that she wants.

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Social learning in baboons

To boldly go – how personality predicts social learning in baboons

11 Mar 2014

Like other social animals, baboons learn from each other about which foods are best to eat. Now, researchers at Cambridge have found that how well...

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Mini-livers show promise to reduce animal use in science

26 Feb 2014

Cambridge research that has for the first time successfully grown “mini-livers” from adult mouse stem cells has won the UK’s international prize for...

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Jackdaw

The eyes have it

05 Feb 2014

Researchers in Cambridge and Exeter have discovered that jackdaws use their eyes to communicate with each other – the first time this has been shown...

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sheep

Shear brain power - sheep smarter than previously believed

14 Mar 2011

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that sheep are more intelligent than previously believed.

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