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Cambridge researchers have played a vital role in the fight back against COVID-19, from the use of genomics to track its spread and mathematic modelling to understand infection rates through to innovative screening programmes to keep its students and staff safe.

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Underactive immune response may explain obesity link to COVID-19 severity

20 March 2023

Individuals who are obese may be more susceptible to severe COVID-19 because of a poorer inflammatory immune response, say Cambridge scientists.

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Striking differences revealed in COVID-19 mortality between NHS trusts

12 Jun 2020

A University of Cambridge team led by Professor Mihaela van der Schaar and intensive care consultant Dr Ari Ercole of the Cambridge Centre for AI in...

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#ResponsiveResearch from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

12 Jun 2020

A series of short interviews with Cambridge's stem cell researchers, exploring how they are adapting their work to investigate Covid-19.

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Recruitment underway as Cambridgeshire NHS trusts join COVID-19 vaccine trial

11 Jun 2020

Recruitment has begun at three leading Cambridgeshire NHS Trusts for volunteers to take part in the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine trial.

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Tackling COVID-19: Professor Jorge Goncalves

11 Jun 2020

Jorge Goncalves is an expert in artificial intelligence and mathematical modelling of complex systems. With long-term collaborators based in Wuhan...

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Widespread facemask use could shrink the ‘R’ number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave – study

10 Jun 2020

Even basic homemade masks can significantly reduce transmission if enough people wear them when in public, according to latest modelling. Researchers...

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Codecheck confirms reproducibility of COVID-19 model results

09 Jun 2020

Cambridge researcher confirms reproducibility of high-profile Imperial College coronavirus computational model.

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Supporting people who are homeless during COVID-19, notes from Cambridge

08 Jun 2020

Dr Johannes Lenhard from the Department of Social Anthropology has started a new project with homeless people and those who support them in Cambridge...

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COVID-19: 'R' number increasing across England and highest in North West

05 Jun 2020

The R number for COVID-19 – the number of people an infected individual passes the virus onto – has risen to above 1 in the North West of England and...

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Opinion: the learning of scientific advisers is the other curve to consider

05 Jun 2020

Policymakers around the world are relying on the expertise of scientists to help make decisions around the COVID-19 pandemic. But how do scientists...

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Dr Sarah Caddy

Tackling COVID-19: Dr Sarah Caddy

04 Jun 2020

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Sarah Caddy was conducting research on a number of different viruses. “I was looking at how antibodies can neutralise...

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Harnessing AI in the fight against COVID-19

04 Jun 2020

AI assisted COVID-19 diagnostic and prognostic tool could improve resource allocation and patient outcomes.

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Research nurse from the NIHR Clinical Research Facility processing patient samples using SAMBA machines at Adden brooke’s Hospital in Cambridge

Rapid coronavirus test speeds up access to urgent care and will free up beds ahead of winter

03 Jun 2020

Researchers say faster tests helped expedite access to life-saving treatments such as organ transplants – and might make all the difference later...

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