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Quadram institute awarded funding for projects
The Quadram Institute has been awarded funding by the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for two new projects in food safety and microbiology.
The BBSRC Canada Partnering Awards are four-year awards to a maximum of £50,000 over the course of the project, encouraging long-time collaboration with scientists internationally.
The first partnership, led by Dr Matthew Gilmour, will focus on the advancement of genomic tools to study the foodborne transmission of
The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type of postcode lottery , according to new research that has analysed thousands of cereal grains and soils as part of a project to tackle hidden hunger in Malawi and Ethiopia.
Fasting diets could have detrimental effect on the health of future generations
May 17 2021
Fasting diets could impact the health of future generations according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Image Credit: University of East Anglia
Fasting diets have risen in popularity in recent years, however little is known about the long-term impact of these diets, particularly for future generations.
New research, published today in the journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, reveals that reduced food intake in roundworms (
Caenorhabditis elegans) has a detrimental effect on three generations of offspring – particularly when those descendants have access to unlimited food.
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Fasting diets could impact the health of future generations according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Fasting diets have risen in popularity in recent years, however little is known about the long-term impact of these diets, particularly for future generations.
New research, published today in the journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, reveals that reduced food intake in roundworms (
Caenorhabditis elegans) has a detrimental effect on three generations of offspring - particularly when those descendants have access to unlimited food.
Lead researcher Dr Edward Ivimey-Cook, from UEA s School of Biological Sciences, said: We know that reduced food intake increases the lifespan in many animals and can potentially improve health in humans. However, little is known about the long-term effects of reduced food intake, including time-limited fasting, on distant descendants.