Bovine tuberculosis poses a major threat to beef and dairy industries across the world. Cardiff-based digital healthcare solution provider Bond Digital Health is hoping to lead the fight against this devastating disease. So far, attempts to eradicate the infectious respiratory disease have cost UK taxpayers tens of millions of pounds every year and have caused … Continue reading Bond Digital Health leads the fight against bovine TB

An Award for Exceptional Impact in Science Research was presented to Dr Andy Hardy from Aberystwyth University’s Department of Geography and Earth Sciences for a project which is using drones to help eliminate malaria. Aberystwyth University reports Dr Andy Hardy, a lecturer in Remote Sensing and GPS, is leading a project in Zanzibar using drones … Continue reading Award for project using drones to eliminate malaria

Ahead of the Royal Welsh Show, a £7.3m EU-backed package to help address skills gaps and assist businesses in the food and agriculture sector develop new products and services has been announced by Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths. Led by Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) … Continue reading £7.3m EU-backed package to boost Wales’ food sector

Advances by researchers at Aberystwyth University in the understanding of one of the world’s deadliest diseases have the potential to bring relief to thousands of people around the world. Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, affects over two hundred million people worldwide, and causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths every year. Caused by a parasitic … Continue reading Aberystwyth University scientists tackle schistosomiasis

Parasitology experts from Aberystwyth University featured in “Fatberg Autopsy: Secrets of the Sewers”, which was shown on Channel 4 on April 24th 2018. Aberystwyth University reports Professor Jo Hamilton and Dr Justin Pachebat from its Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) were commissioned by the BBC Science Unit to undertake a molecular analysis … Continue reading Finding out what’s inside a fatberg

An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant to one of the currently used drugs. This discovery, by researchers at the University of Cambridge, was aided by Eve, an artificially intelligent robot scientist based at the University of Manchester’s School of … Continue reading Toothpaste ingredient may help fight malaria

Plans for a £4.2m state of the art veterinary hub to drive forward research to protect both animal and human health have been announced by Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths (Welsh Government, 2017). Aberystwyth University will lead the Vet Hub 1 project, backed with £3m from the ERDF through the … Continue reading New £4.2m EU-backed veterinary facility at Aberystwyth University

Scientists at Aberystwyth University’s IBERS (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences) have validated the development of a new remote location parasite assessment tool to test horses for worm infections (Aberystwyth University, 2017). Faecal egg counts (FECs) are the current industry standard test for diagnosing nematode worm infections in horses and have traditionally involved collecting … Continue reading New equine parasite assessment tool validated

Scientists at Aberystwyth University have contributed to international efforts to characterise the genome of a snail species responsible for passing on a parasite that kills 200,000 people every year (Aberystwyth University, 2017). Researchers at Aberystwyth University’s Barrett Centre for Helminth Control (BCHC) at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences have been studying the … Continue reading Snail genome discovery could help combat schistosomiasis

Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) is starting a £8.8m programme with funding from The Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) (Aberystwyth University, 2017). This new funding is part of a substantial £319m investment to ensure the UK’s bioscience research base remains globally competitive and at the forefront of meeting the … Continue reading IBERS starts £8.8m resilient crops programme