Natural killer cells played a vital role in human evolution
08 February 2013Natural killer cells – a vital part of the immune system – have a dual role in protecting against infection and ensuring reproduction. Scientists suggest...
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Natural killer cells – a vital part of the immune system – have a dual role in protecting against infection and ensuring reproduction. Scientists suggest...
The contents of crusader latrines are helping researchers probe the history of parasite infections in humans.
A ground-breaking imaging system to track malarial infection of blood cells in real time has been created by a collaboration catalysed by the University’s Physics...
New research is helping to unveil how the parasite that causes sleeping sickness uses stealth tactics to escape detection by the human immune system.
Professor Sharon Peacock leads a Strategic Research Initiative that is harnessing expertise in infectious diseases across the University of Cambridge. Here, to launch our month-long...
Discovery opens up possibilities for a new generation of targeted therapies for cancer.
New type of microchip created which not only moves information from left to right and back to front, but up and down as well.
On the 60th Anniversary of the ‘big flood’ that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating ‘natural’ sea defences such as...
The first ever conference to focus on the provincial archaeology of the Assyrian empire took place at Cambridge University last month. A key theme was...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive in the lungs of seriously ill patients and is major cause of death in patients with cystic fibrosis.