Research
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Plants can tell the time using sugars
2 August 2018
A new study by an international team of scientists, including the University of Bristol, has discovered that plants adjust their daily circadian rhythm to the cycle of day and night by measuring the amount of sugars in their cells.
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Blood pressure drug could double up as first treatment for common form of dementia
10 December 2013
Alzheimer’s Society and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have announced the beginning of a major new £2.25 million clinical trial to test whether a widely prescribed blood pressure drug could double up as a first treatment for a common form of dementia.
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MP’s visit to Bristol-based project tackling plant disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
2 August 2018
Thangam Debbonaire MP, the Member of Parliament representing Bristol West, visited CONNECTED Network Director, Professor Gary Foster, to find out more about the global project, which is based in her constituency at The University of Bristol’s Life Sciences building.
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Think e-bikes are cheating? Think again!
24 September 2018
Local charity Life Cycle has been supporting Bristol residents to cycle for many years, teaching them the skills and confidence they need to get cycling. In a move to help even more people get on bikes, Life Cycle teamed up with researchers from the University of Bristol to explore the benefits of electric bikes (also known as e-bikes).
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Famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe
27 July 2022
Prehistoric people in Europe were consuming milk thousands of years before humans evolved the genetic trait allowing us to digest the milk sugar lactose as adults, finds a new study. The research, published in Nature, mapped pre-historic patterns of milk use over the last 9,000 years, offering new insights into milk consumption and the evolution of lactose tolerance.
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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to have a child with autism
2 August 2018
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are more likely than other women to have an autistic child, according to an analysis of NHS data carried out by a team at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre. The research is published today in the journal Translational Psychiatry. The team stressed that the likelihood of having an autistic child is still very low, even among women with PCOS – but finding this link provides an important clue in understanding one of the multiple causal factors in autism.
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Bans on gluten-free prescribing save the NHS money in the short-term but the impact on patients is unclear
2 August 2018
Full or partial bans on GPs prescribing gluten-free (GF) foods to people with coeliac disease save the NHS money in the short-term. But the impact on patients, especially those from deprived areas, is unknown, NIHR-funded researchers at the University of Bristol have warned.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy is effective in reducing depression in people whose symptoms have not responded to treatment with antidepressants
7 December 2012
Antidepressants are the most widely used treatment for people with moderate to severe depression. However, up to two thirds of people with depression don’t respond fully to this type of treatment. New findings, published in The Lancet, have shown cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)*, provided in addition to usual care, can reduce symptoms of depression and help improve patients’ quality of life.
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Gosport may have a negative impact on end-of-life care in general practice
17 July 2018
Researchers from the University of Bristol have highlighted the potentially negative impact the deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital may have on end-of-life care delivered at home.
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Lack of monitoring impairs bat conservation research
12 December 2013
Millions of pounds are being spent to protect bats from disturbance by building development and renovations, however a lack of follow-up monitoring makes it difficult to tell whether conservation efforts are effective.
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