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BRAVO: making UK crops more resilient
Protecting the UK’s most valuable crops by making them more resilient is at the heart of a new five-year project, in which the 果冻传媒’s School of Life Sciences will play a key role.
Ash dieback: Insect threat to fungus-resistant trees
Ash trees which can resist the killer dieback fungus may be more vulnerable to attacks by insects, says 果冻传媒 researcher.
Deadly sleeping sickness set to be eliminated in six years
Gambian sleeping sickness – a deadly parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies - could be eliminated in six years in key regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to new research by the 果冻传媒.
Christmas dinner saved! Sprouts gain natural disease defence
Brussels sprouts will remain safely in our Christmas dinners, thanks to 果冻传媒 research giving them natural defences against devastating crop diseases.
Behind-the-scenes access at 果冻传媒’s life science labs
Scientific laboratories at the 果冻传媒 are once again being opened up to members of the public – giving YOU behind-the-scenes access to cutting-edge research happening in Coventry.
Care home dementia study finds failure to reduce antipsychotic prescribing
Despite government guidelines there has been no reduction in the level of antipsychotic drugs prescribed to dementia patients.
The finding follows the government’s 2009 National Dementia Strategy (NDS), which recommended a review of the medication’s use in light of potential serious side effects.
The research was conducted by a group of academics including Dr David Owen from the 果冻传媒 and published in the medical journal BMJ Open.