Infectious diseases

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious...

Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.

Having diabetes in mid-life may reduce a person’s life expectancy by an average of six years, according to a large, multinational study coordinated...

Scientists have identified a diabetes drug which halves the mortality rate of a deadly infectious disease found throughout Southeast Asia and...

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...

The expertise of Cambridge's new Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Sharon Peacock, is helping to drive a programme of research that will track and...

New research from Cambridge should help hospitals control the spread of MRSA and other emerging superbugs.

The common view has been that parasitic infections cause disease and must be eliminated. But can we live without them?