Published:
8:30 AM December 22, 2020
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA
- Credit: John Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park is home to ground-breaking research in many aspects of world health. Here are three stories that show how the scientists’ work will change the lives of millions of people across the globe.
Drug for Parkinson s disease produced in tomatoes
Scientists at the John Innes Centre, located at Norwich Research Park, have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines.
Published:
8:30 AM December 22, 2020
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA
- Credit: John Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park is home to ground-breaking research in many aspects of world health. Here are three stories that show how the scientists’ work will change the lives of millions of people across the globe.
Drug for Parkinson s disease produced in tomatoes
Scientists at the John Innes Centre, located at Norwich Research Park, have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines.
Published:
8:02 PM December 22, 2020
Updated:
8:08 PM December 22, 2020
A scientist at the Quadram Institute in Norwich using sequencing machines to study samples of the coronavirus.
- Credit: Jason Bye
More than a third of coronavirus admissions at Norfolk s biggest hospital during one week this month were caused by the newly-discovered variant, Norwich researchers say.
Research from The Quadram Institute, at Norwich Research Park, found the new variant accounted for 45pc of all positive samples in the community in Norfolk in the first week of December. The samples primarily come from community testing - which includes drive-through tests and home kits.
The findings also revealed the mutation accounted for 36pc of new cases at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital during the second week this month.
Post-accident photograph showing the vessel low in water.
- Credit: Courtesy of MAIB
An investigation is under way after an explosion on a crabbing boat off the coast of Norfolk, which left some crew with life-changing injuries.
Preliminary investigations into the explosion on the Galwad-Y-Mor suggest the blast may have been triggered by old munitions on the seabed being disturbed as crab pots were recovered.
RNLI Cromer’s all-weather Tamar class lifeboat was launched at 12.14pm on Tuesday, December 15, after reports of the boat in trouble 22 nautical miles from Cromer.
On arrival at the scene, the lifeboat found all seven of the fishing boat s crew had evacuated their vessel and got into a life raft.
Norwich church give hampers to NHS and families Gateway Vineyard church in Norwich and Beccles has teamed up with a number of local agencies to make sure almost 200 hampers packed with food and toys find their way to vulnerable families and deserving NHS workers this Christmas. The team at Gateway in both Norwich and Beccles have partnered with Leeway, Compass Outreach, the Benjamin Foundation, and English+ as well as its own Growkids and Kids Matter projects in its Light Up Christmas initiative. Around 75 hamper bags will also be going to deserving NHS workers at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and the Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust .