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Reducing the rise of antibiotic resistance

22 Nov 2021

Rising resistance to antibiotics is a worrying prospect, but a success story happening across the farms of the UK gives hope that something can be...

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Women in STEM: Dr Anna-Maria Pappa

05 Sep 2019

Dr Anna-Maria Pappa is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and holds the Oppenheimer Research...

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Women in STEM: Josie Gaynord

04 Jul 2019

Josie Gaynord is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry under the supervision of Professor David Spring. Her research looks at one of the...

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Himansha Singh, Dept of Pharmacology

Postgraduate Pioneers 2017 #1

17 Oct 2017

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast approaching (3 Nov), we introduce five PhD students who are already making waves at Cambridge.

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Expresso Porco

Massive projected increase in use of antimicrobials in animals could lead to widespread antimicrobial resistance in humans

28 Sep 2017

The amount of antimicrobials given to animals destined for human consumption is expected to rise by a staggering 52% and reach 200,000 tonnes by 2030...

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Picture to educate people in villages that have no medical service about the spread of TB

A whole host of options

09 Oct 2015

Almost one in four of the world’s cases of tuberculosis (TB) are in India and the disease is constantly adapting itself to outwit our medicines...

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Fluorescent E. coli turn green as they produce indole

How niffy nappies could help develop new weapons in fight against bacteria

02 Apr 2014

Bacteria 'plan ahead' by tightening their belts to help them survive looming lean periods, researchers at Cambridge have discovered.

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Fingerprint

Fingerprint of a killer

28 Feb 2013

Can whole genome sequencing provide the forensic information needed to map and control the global spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

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Bacterial banter: a target for therapeutics

27 Feb 2013

Targeting the ‘conversations’ that bacteria have with one another could herald a new generation of therapeutics that curb the virulence of infectious...

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Prize Pig

Towards a ‘super-vaccine’ for swine bacterial diseases

01 Mar 2010

A new multidisciplinary research programme aims to develop a single vaccine that will combat four major respiratory pathogens of pigs.

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Venki Ramakrishnan

Trinity College Fellow wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

07 Oct 2009

A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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