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Scientists map how deadly bacteria evolved to become epidemic

04 Jul 2024
Pseudomonas aeruginosa – an environmental bacteria that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying...
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New Heart and Lung Research Institute opens

11 Jul 2022
A major new institute opens today, bringing together the largest concentration of scientists and clinicians in heart and lung medicine in Europe.
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Patient with cystic fibrosis

Ability of multi-drug resistant infection to evolve within cystic fibrosis patients highlights need for rapid treatment

29 Apr 2021
Scientists have been able to track how a multi-drug resistant organism is able to evolve and spread widely among cystic fibrosis patients – showing...
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Machine learning comes of age in cystic fibrosis

23 Oct 2020
World-leading AI technology developed by the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine and their colleagues – some of which is being showcased this week at...
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Cambridge Heart and Lung Research Institute receives major funding boost

10 Jul 2019
Chris Skidmore, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, announced on 10 July 2019 a £30 million award to the University of...
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New innovation hub aims to take a 'moon shot' at cystic fibrosis

18 Apr 2018
Almost 30 years on from the discovery of the genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis, treatment options are still limited and growing antibiotic...
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Multi-drug resistant infection spreading globally among cystic fibrosis patients

10 Nov 2016
A multi-drug resistant infection that can cause life-threatening illness in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and can spread from patient to patient...
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‘Mini-bile ducts’ at day 25, stained with fluorescent dyes

'Mini bile ducts' help identify new drugs that could prevent the need for liver transplantation

16 Jul 2015
An experimental cystic fibrosis drug has been shown to prevent the disease’s damage to the liver, thanks to a world-first where scientists grew mini...
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Scientists grow ‘mini-lungs’ to aid the study of cystic fibrosis

20 Mar 2015
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have successfully created ‘mini-lungs’ using stem cells derived from skin cells of patients with cystic...
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Molecular sacs of debris (pink) are delivered to the lysosome (dark red)

Autophagy: when ‘self-eating’ is good for you

03 Apr 2012
New discoveries by Cambridge scientists about a molecular waste-disposal process that ‘eats’ bacteria are influencing the clinical management of...
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