Obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity, study finds

The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity than in those with normal weight, scientists at the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 11, 2023 ~6 min

Cambridge University’s needle-free coronavirus vaccine begins clinical trials in home city

Recruitment is underway in Cambridge for volunteers to take part in clinical trials of a revolutionary new needle-free vaccine to protect against SARS-CoV-2 –

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 24, 2023 ~2 min


Underactive immune response may explain obesity link to COVID-19 severity

Individuals who are obese may be more susceptible to severe COVID-19 because of a poorer inflammatory immune response, say Cambridge scientists.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 20, 2023 ~6 min

Roadmap sets out new global strategy for development of more effective coronavirus vaccines

Plan will accelerate a new approach to coronavirus vaccines research and development, to protect against COVID-19 variants and future pandemic threats from new

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 21, 2023 ~8 min

COVID has increased trust in genetics, study finds

A survey of over 2,000 British adults finds that trust in genetics is high and went up significantly during the pandemic. It also finds that there is a hunger

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 26, 2023 ~4 min

Gone fishing: highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as ‘bait’

A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under an hour,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 16, 2023 ~6 min

‘Cocktail’ vaccines could offer increased protection against future COVID-19 variants of concern

COVID-19 vaccinations that combine two or more distinct variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could offer protection against both current and future ‘variants of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Dec. 14, 2022 ~4 min

COVID has 'ruptured' social skills of the world’s poorest children, study suggests

Two interlinked studies, involving 8,000 primary pupils altogether, indicate children lost at least a third of a year in learning during lockdown.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 30, 2022 ~7 min


Blood thinning drug to treat recovery from severe COVID-19 is not effective

A drug used to reduce the risk of blood clots does not help patients recovering from moderate and severe COVID-19, despite this approach being offered to

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 28, 2022 ~5 min

Synthetic biology meets medicine: ‘programmable molecular scissors’ could help fight COVID-19 infection

Cambridge scientists have used synthetic biology to create artificial enzymes programmed to target the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 and destroy the virus, an

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 16, 2022 ~6 min

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