Cambridge research team working towards vaccine against COVID-19
20 March 2020
The race is on to find a vaccine against the new COVID-19 coronavirus. Professor Jonathan Heeney explains why a cautious approach is needed and how his team is using new technology developed for influenza and Ebola viruses to target the new infection. A vaccine strategy needs to be laser specific, targeting those domains...
World’s first artificial pancreas app licensed for people with type 1 diabetes in UK
20 March 2020
The world’s first licensed, downloadable artificial pancreas app for people with type 1 diabetes launches today, based on over a decade of research by Professor Roman Hovorka at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a major stepping stone towards providing widely...
Inflammation in the brain linked to several forms of dementia
20 March 2020
Inflammation in the brain may be more widely implicated in dementias than was previously thought, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. The researchers say it offers hope for potential new treatments for several types of dementia. We predicted the link between inflammation in the brain and the build-up of...
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