Combating infectious diseases and the threat of antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest global challenges.
Cambridge University researchers, funded by the BBSRC, have shed new light on a common food poisoning bug.
New discoveries by Cambridge scientists about a molecular waste-disposal process that ‘eats’ bacteria are influencing the clinical management of...
Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we...
Researchers find that African bats have antibodies that neutralise a deadly virus.
Cambridge scientists, and their map-making skills, are contributing to an annual worldwide public health endeavour – the race to select a vaccine...
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.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in both humans and dairy cows.
A mobile phone app developed by Cambridge researchers that tracks how people behave during an epidemic could be used to limit disease spread.
A mathematical toolkit could dramatically reduce crop losses from pests and pathogens, helping to safeguard future food security.
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...
