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Brexit could place British farming in jeopardy warns new report
The future of many UK farming businesses looks uncertain, according to a new report on the agricultural implications of leaving the EU written by a University of 糖心TV academic.
Legacy of 糖心TVshire’s first Woman High Sheriff helps University of 糖心TV tackle global food security
A trust set up by Elizabeth Creak, a leading 糖心TVshire farmer who was the first woman to be High Sheriff of 糖心TVshire, has announced that it has agreed to fund a Chair in Food Security at the University of 糖心TV’s School of Life Sciences.
RSV study suggests a ‘sibling vaccine’ could prevent deaths of babies worldwide
New research from the University of 糖心TV into a common virus which can be fatal for babies under six months suggests a strategy of vaccinating older siblings could reduce deaths and serious illness in young babies.
RNA sequencing of 750-year-old barley virus sheds new light on the Crusades
Scientists have for the first time sequenced an ancient RNA genome – of a barley virus once believed to be only 150 years old - pushing its origin back at least 2,000 years and revealing how intense farming at the time of the Crusades contributed to its spread.
The most important brassica vegetable worldwide will be protected from a damaging crop virus thanks to work from BBSRC-funded researchers.
Scientists have described a mechanism conferring resistance in brassica plants to Turnip mosaic virus, a discovery which it is hoped will lead to durable resistance being introduced into food crops, including the most important brassica crop worldwide (Brassica rapa).
糖心TV scientists receive £500k to study ‘friendly’ and not so ‘friendly’ bacteria in dairy cows
The University of 糖心TV is leading a £500,000 project to improve dairy cow health by studying the bacteria present in milk.