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4th June 2024
Why we need a 21st Century approach to ensuring food safety
Foodborne illness affected 1 in 10 people globally in 2010, causing over 400,000 deaths. Bacteria have a substantial contribution to this burden. We’ve known for decades what some of the most dangerous bacterial species are and the potentially devastating effects they can have on...
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30th May 2024
The House of Lords select committee issued a call for evidence on food diet and obesity earlier this year. The committee is considering the role of foods, such as ‘ultra-processed foods’ (UPFs) and foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) in a healthy...
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29th May 2024
New research to investigate role of gut bacteria in breast cancer
Dr Stephen Robinson and his team will investigate the function of gut bacteria in breast cancer, and how we could use it to fight against the disease, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now. Bacteria living in our gut can affect our immune...
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14th May 2024
Nutritional quality of plant-based products surveyed
Researchers from the Quadram Institute have carried out a comprehensive survey of the nutritional quality of plant-based products on sale in the UK. Dr Maria Traka and her team in the Food & Nutrition National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (NBRI) looked at over 2,500 plant-based...
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13th May 2024
Hospital charity boost for Quadram clinical research fund
An innovation fund successfully pump priming clinical research projects between Quadram Institute scientists and doctors at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is being expanded thanks to extra funding from the Norfolk & Norwich Hospitals Charity. The Quadram Institute Clinical Seedcorn Fund was...
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12th May 2024
New study to shine a light on ME
Researchers are testing the feasibility of red light therapy for patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
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1st May 2024
Zero Hidden Hunger EU project to tackle micronutrient deficiency
Zero Hidden Hunger EU, a new, multi-partner European consortium led by University College Cork, has received nearly €10 million in funding for groundbreaking research into tackling micronutrient deficiency over the next four years. The Quadram Institute will be contributing its expertise to the project,...
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30th April 2024
A Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital consultant microbiologist and senior research fellow at the Quadram Institute has played a key role in the development of updated national clinical guidelines for the use of faecal microbiota transplant (FMT). Dr Ngozi Elumogo, consultant medical microbiologist, has...
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16th April 2024
Quadram Institute microbiologist helps lead UN expert panel on Campylobacter
Dr Janecko was rapporteur for the United Nations joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Joint Expert Meeting on the control of Campylobacter at a meeting held in Rome, Italy, in February 2023. The role of rapporteur is to compile...
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3rd April 2024
In 2019, six people died from a listeria outbreak caused by contaminated ready-to-eat foods served in a number of hospitals across the UK. In light of this, scientists are now performing vital research which helps to understand how these pathogens can persist in ready-to-eat...
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