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


Rare genetic disease may protect Ashkenazi Jews against TB

Scientists may have solved the question of why Ashkenazi Jews are significantly more susceptible to a rare genetic disorder known as Gaucher disease – and the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 6, 2023 ~7 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

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

Cambridge researchers join new £2 million UK consortium to tackle monkeypox outbreak

Cambridge is among 12 institutions across the UK that will be working together to tackle the monkeypox outbreak, developing better diagnostic tests,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 20, 2022 ~6 min

Referrals to long COVID clinic fell by 79% following roll-out of the vaccine

Referrals to Cambridge’s long COVID clinic fell dramatically in the period August 2021 to June 2022, which researchers say is likely due to the successful

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 6, 2022 ~5 min


Study reveals why highly infectious cholera variant mysteriously died out

Scientists say continuous monitoring of the cholera bug genome is key to preventing outbreaks of new variants

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 5, 2022 ~5 min

Highly antibiotic-resistant strain of MRSA that arose in pigs can jump to humans

A new study has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug MRSA – methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus – has emerged in livestock

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 28, 2022 ~5 min

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