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For young people with cystic fibrosis, lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, is common and is treated with antibiotics in the hope that this will prevent a decline in lung function. However there has recently been debate over the role S. aureus plays in CF lung disease. Researchers from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have used a new model of CF lungs which could be used to make better decisions about future use of antibiotics.

Genetic sensors that can detect the activity from genes, rather than just the genes themselves, have been developed by a team led by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ scientists.

The waste from larvae production could be used as a crop fertiliser should commercial insect farms get off the ground in the UK. This is the concept that researchers at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Durham University are investigating as part of a major government-funded project to look at the viability of rearing insects for animal feed in the UK.

Cases of COVID-19 are rising exponentially in almost all regions of the country, with some areas experiencing extremely high levels of infection - finds new research involving ¹û¶³´«Ã½ academics.

The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB), part of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Crop Centre on the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Wellesbourne Campus, celebrates its 40^th anniversary today (Thursday October 8 2020).

The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB), part of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Crop Centre on the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Wellesbourne Campus, celebrates its 40th anniversary next week.