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Department of Medicine



Our vision is to increase the efficacy of translation of its world class fundamental research, and its impact upon clinical practice and patient wellbeing.

Professor Mark Wills

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Combining antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance

27 March 2025

William Hope (University of Liverpool), our professor Sharon Peacock and colleagues have published a new comment on Nature Microbiology, suggesting combining antibiotics remains a promising approach to treat patients and to prevent the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

Maxion Therapeutics, co-founded by Dr John McCafferty, raises £58 million Series A financing

18 March 2025

Maxion Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based biotechnology company co-founded by Dr. John McCafferty, Associate Professor at CITIID and the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, has successfully raised $72 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round. The company is developing antibody-based KnotBody® drugs...

When inflammation goes too far

13 March 2025

Clare Bryant takes a closer look at inflammation, and when our defence systems go too far.