Combating infectious diseases and the threat of antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest global challenges.
Almost 30 years on from the discovery of the genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis, treatment options are still limited and growing antibiotic...
How fast could a new flu epidemic spread? The results of the UK’s largest citizen science project of its kind ever attempted, carried out by...
An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant...
With our Postgraduate Open Day fast approaching (3 Nov), we introduce five PhD students who are already making waves at Cambridge.
New research uses innovative data modelling to predict which species acted as an intermediary between our ancestors and those of chimpanzees to carry...
A new app gives UK residents the chance to get involved in an ambitious, ground-breaking science experiment that could save lives.
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way of overcoming one of the major stumbling blocks that has prevented the development of a...
A new diagnostic test developed from research at the Universities of Cambridge and Dundee has been launched with the aim of helping eliminate the...
Leprosy hijacks our immune system, turning an important repair mechanism into one that causes potentially irreparable damage to our nerve cells...
An innovative new study takes a network theory approach to targeted treatment in rural Africa, and finds that a simple algorithm may be more...
An on-the-spot, low-cost diagnostic test for leptospirosis (Weil's disease), a bacterial infection recognised as a neglected disease by the World...
Scientists have uncovered why Zika virus may specifically target neural stem cells in the developing brain, potentially leading to microcephaly – a...
