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Melioidosis: exposing the 'Great Mimicker'

Each year melioidosis - a soil-borne disease dubbed the 'Great Mimicker' because of its frequent misdiagnosis - kills as many people in some regions of Southeast Asia as does tuberculosis. Now researchers are compiling the first public health guidelines to reduce the incidence of this disease.

Autophagy: when 'self-eating' is good for you

New discoveries by Cambridge scientists about a molecular waste-disposal process that 'eats' bacteria are influencing the clinical management of cystic fibrosis, and could be the basis of innovative new treatments to fight off bacteria.

How quickly things spread

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 measure where the greatest spreading risk comes from? This information could help inform decisions on whether to impose travel restrictions or close schools.

Field to fork: safeguarding livestock health

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

FluPhone: disease tracking by app

A mobile phone app developed by Cambridge researchers that tracks how people behave during an epidemic could be used to limit disease spread.

Middle aged diabetics can die six years earlier

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 by the University of Cambridge.

Diabetes drug improves survival from life-threatening infectious disease

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

Stopping superbugs in their tracks

Work in resource-restricted healthcare settings in south-east Asia is defining the transmission of hospital 'superbugs' using low-tech diagnostics and high-tech tools.

Superbug detective

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

Risk initiatives seek to challenge the stats we're in

Two different projects which aim to improve our understanding of the nature of, and statistical realities behind, health scares, natural disasters, climate change and other issues, are being launched by the University of Cambridge.