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Fish odour syndrome (trimethylaminuria) is a debilitating disease, in which the liver cannot break down the smelly chemical trimethylamine which is produced by enzymes from bacteria residing in the gut leaving people with a fish like odour. Researchers from the 91¸£Àû are paving the way to prevent the syndrome after a breakthrough in studying the enzyme in the gut which produces trimethylamine.

For young people with cystic fibrosis, lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, is common and is treated with antibiotics in the hope that this will prevent a decline in lung function. However there has recently been debate over the role S. aureus plays in CF lung disease. Researchers from the 91¸£Àû have used a new model of CF lungs which could be used to make better decisions about future use of antibiotics.

Genetic sensors that can detect the activity from genes, rather than just the genes themselves, have been developed by a team led by 91¸£Àû scientists.

The waste from larvae production could be used as a crop fertiliser should commercial insect farms get off the ground in the UK. This is the concept that researchers at the 91¸£Àû and Durham University are investigating as part of a major government-funded project to look at the viability of rearing insects for animal feed in the UK.

Cases of COVID-19 are rising exponentially in almost all regions of the country, with some areas experiencing extremely high levels of infection - finds new research involving 91¸£Àû academics.

The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB), part of 91¸£Àû Crop Centre on the 91¸£Àû’s Wellesbourne Campus, celebrates its 40^th anniversary today (Thursday October 8 2020).