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Biocontrol is an area of biotechnology that involves replacing pesticides with live organisms - fighting nature with nature.
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Dogs in the north may lose their wag because it is colder than in the south, a new study suggests.
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Read full press release at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/health/2016/160801-pr-labrador-study-clues-why-dogs-tails-lose-wag/
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Currently there are no drugs to treat pregnancy complications,like pre-eclampsia or foetal growth restriction, which affect more than 10 per cent of women, say University of Manchester scientists.
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Experts say chowing down on particular good-for-you foods in pairs can make them healthier for us than if they were eaten alone
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Testosterone may be one of the reasons why men are more prone to heart attacks than women, according to researchers.
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Professor Melanie Welham, BBSRC Chief Executive, said:
"This research provides key insights into the bioscience underpinning health. The findings could help develop therapies to reduce the risk factors associated with heart disease, for healthy longer lives.”
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Scientists say they have pinpointed a gene responsible for grey hair - a discovery that could lead to new ways to delay or prevent this natural sign of ageing.
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Chris Bavin heads to America to discover how our greens can be grown without sunlight.
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For more on purple tomatoes visit: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/people-skills-training/2014/140515-f-innovators-pt3-martin-butelli/
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David Hume’s Roslin Institute is pioneering gene editing to combat disease and beat hunger
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Scientists who developed a high-protein pea which could replace soya as an animal feed say a major company has expressed an interest in the project. The pe
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Project funders included Defra’s Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network, EU Grain Legumes Integrated Project and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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The Quadram Institute is the name of the new centre for food and health research to be located at the heart of the Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s largest single-site concentrations of research in food, health and environmental sciences. Building of a new £81.6M facility to house the Quadram Institute begins this month, with an anticipated opening in 2018.
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New technology is revolutionising modern farming, but this brave new world of robot farms and hi-tech sensors could have consequences for rural livelihoods
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When a child is born, the exposure to the vast range of germs, bugs and biological signals to both parents makes enormous immunity changes, say scientists in Cambridge and Leuven.
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Nine projects totalling more than £7M have been awarded by BBSRC, the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as part of an integrated programme of research on bovine tuberculosis (TB).
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The team investigate the arrival of a tiny beetle that can make or break a crop.
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Some germs may be responsible for people getting type 1 diabetes, according to a groundbreaking scientific study.
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A team of researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich said they hoped to use 'Betty' clone saplings that meant ash trees will continue to survive in the UK.
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Professor Melanie Welham, BBSRC Chief Executive, said:
“Working across Government we issued this rapid response to ensure the UK’s excellent plant science base was primed to help combat the threat of ash dieback. Tree pests and pathogens present a significant challenge to our woodlands and habitats, but through fundamental bioscience research we can gain the vital insights needed to help protect the UK’s trees.”
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The eggs sit in a heated yellow box, the tops of their shells sliced off and replaced with cling film. Inside, translucent red bodies poke and press, alien-like, against the film. These are some of the rarest chicken embryos in the world, their DNA
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Dolly the Sheep and Britain’s oldest plane are stars of the National Museum of Scotland’s 150th birthday facelift. Peter Ross goes behind the scenes
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By studying twisting snails, scientists have identified the earliest molecules that make us asymmetrical.
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BBSRC/Roslin mentions: Researchers have made advance in fight against deadly virus that affects pigs
Researchers have made an advance in the fight against a deadly virus that affects pigs.
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The study – published in the journal Scientific Reports – involved collaboration between scientists at The Roslin Institute and Sangamo Biosciences Inc. It was funded by Genus plc and BBSRC. The Roslin Institute receives strategic support from BBSRC.
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A team at the Roslin Institute used technology - which could help to treat human illnesses - to create domestic pigs resistant to African swine fever
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The eggs sit in a heated yellow box, the tops of their shells sliced off and replaced with cling film. Inside, translucent red bodies poke and press, alien-like, against the film. These are some of the rarest chicken embryos in the world, their DNA
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“Society has to respond to the demand of an increasing, and increasingly wealthy, population,” says Sang. “Our ultimate goal is to improve the chicken, and to improve the lot of the chicken.”
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Scientists in Norfolk may have discovered a new way to prevent infection in humans and plants without triggering multi-drug resistance in bacteria.
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Raising a child together has a greater effect on your immune system than anything else – including the seasonal flu vaccine or travellers' gastroenteritis. Dr Michelle Linterman is a researcher at the Babraham Institute who worked on the report.
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The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Bath, looked at a possible link between breakfast, body weight and health and builds on previous research as part of the three-year BBSRC-funded 'Bath Breakfast Project'. For example, if weight loss is the key there is little to suggest that just having breakfast or skipping it will matter. |
