Press Release Archive

Releases dated October - December 2002

• Leap forward in war on infectious disease - 18 December 2002 Collaboration between the IFR and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, has led to the identification of all the genes activated during Salmonella infection
• Goodbye Mr Chips - 31 October 2002 A public school to make meal of a classic reference book
• Norwich scientists want partially digested food - 25 October 2002 Approx one person in a hundred is allergic to particular foods, we are trying to find out why
• New media manager appointed - 23 October 2002 From Survival Anglia to IFR

Releases dated July - September 2002

• Food production - a question of balance - 12 September 2002 Has last year's Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak shifted the balance of UK agriculture too far away from production needs
• Eat up your greens (reds, yellows and oranges) - 10 September 2002 'Eat up your greens or there will be no pudding' was what mother used to say. Quite what scientific evidence this little homily was based on was never made clear

Releases dated April - June 2002

• Typhoid carriers: a Salmonella gene mutation? - 20 June 2002
  Researchers have found that a change in a Salmonella gene can determine if the bacteria cause short-term killer or long-term carrier state 
• Protein research could lead to new meningitis vaccine - 9 April 2002
  Key proteins have been found that can kick-start the immune system to fight the bacteria

Releases dated January - March 2002

• IFR debates folic acid fortification - 14 March 2002
  Does taking folic acid during pregnancy to reduce neural tube defects justify fortifying all foods?
• Institute of Food Research Director Advises Food Standards Agency - 28 February 2002
  IFR director appointed to FSA Advisory Committee
• Ready meals need proper handling at home to prevent illness - 18 February 2002
  The growing appetite for ready-to-eat meals has led to increased production but consumers need to handle correctly to avoid illness 
• IFR scientist believes new methods will improve monitoring of GM foods - 4 February 2002
  Safety assessments should be improved before a greater variety of foods made from GM plants are declared fit for human consumption
• Major investment for Norwich Research Park - 12 January 2002
  The sold sign has gone up on the British Sugar lab on the Norwich Research Park
• Baby Lilly advances scientific understanding - 2 January 2002
  Baby Lilly is a very special baby in more ways than one

 

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