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14 May 2025

Precision Breeding for plants signed into law

Regulations to enable Precision Breeding in plants has been signed into law by the government.
24 May 2022

Discover the Darwin Tree of Life project at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

A landmark project to sequence the genomes of all 70,000 species of eukaryotic organisms in Britain and Ireland will be on show this summer at one of the largest free science festivals in the UK.
16 May 2022

Earlham Institute appoints new Chair of Board of Trustees

The Earlham Institute has appointed Professor Peter Holland as its new Chair of the Board of Trustees.
13 May 2022

Not all looks rosy for the pink pigeon

Boosting numbers of the once critically endangered pink pigeon may not be enough to save it from extinction in the future, according to a major study on the iconic species.
02 May 2022

Coronavirus jams communication signals to immune cells in the gut

A computer model could help to reveal how some infectious diseases - including COVID-19 - trigger an overactive immune response in certain patients, which can drive inflammation and lead to serious complications or even death.
28 April 2022

Precision medicine tool finds hidden genetic connections that could personalise IBD treatment

People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) develop the condition due to distinct and different mechanisms, determined by their genetics. Researchers and clinicians from the Quadram Institute, the Earlham Institute, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and University of East Anglia with collaborators in Cambridge, London and Leuven (Belgium), have found that natural genetic variation appears to influence the development of IBD.
20 April 2022

Five types of bacteria linked to aggressive prostate cancer

Researchers at the University of East Anglia and Earlham Institute have found a link between bacteria and aggressive forms of prostate cancer.