Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) of the immune system combat virally infected and cancerous cells. Killing is finely controlled according to the strength of signal generated upon T cell receptor (TCR)...
The development of effective vaccines against the Plasmodium parasites which cause malaria is a major, global research goal. There has been recent progress against P.falciparum , but another species...
Glucose starvation can activate cellular autophagy, but the exact mechanisms of this have been unclear. PhD student Cansu Karabiyik and colleagues from the Rubinsztein lab have recently uncovered a...
Pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring) is a serious feature of many different lung diseases, but its precise causes are not well understood. Dr Jennifer Dickens and colleagues from Prof. Stefan Marciniak...
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (α1AT) deficiency is a rare genetic disease which can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and liver cirrhosis. This condition is understood to arise from the intracellular...
Experience Postgrad Life Sciences is a residential summer internship programme at Cambridge for undergraduate students of biological / biomedical science subjects who may not otherwise be able to...
Professor Stefan Marciniak is a research group leader at CIMR and an honorary consultant respiratory physician at both Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Papworth. He will...
Four multidisciplinary research consortia have recently been funded by UKRI, Versus Arthritis and Eli Lily to investigate chronic pain. The ADVANTAGE Consortium is led by CIMR’s Prof. Geoff Woods and...
