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Bristol study awarded £5.2 million to continue groundbreaking health research across three generations
7 March 2025
The Children of the 90s health study at the University of Bristol, which researches the lives of thousands of families in the south west, has been awarded £5.2 million to continue its pioneering work to improve people’s health.
- Bristol study awarded £5.2 million to continue groundbreaking health research across three generations 7 March 2025 The Children of the 90s health study at the University of Bristol, which researches the lives of thousands of families in the south west, has been awarded £5.2 million to continue its pioneering work to improve people’s health.
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- Largest ever DNA resource for over 37,000 UK children and parents to unlock insights into child health and development 4 March 2025 For the first time, a new resource containing DNA sequencing data for over 37,000 children and parents collected over multiple decades from across the UK is now available to researchers worldwide. The resource, which includes data from three UK long-term birth cohorts including the University of Bristol’s Children of the 90s study, will allow scientists to explore the relationship between genetic and environmental factors in child health.
- Immersive 3D experience brings the history of wildlife filmmaking to life 3 March 2025 Visitors to the University of Bristol’s virtual museum The Uncertain Space can now explore how the BBC has created some of TV’s greatest wildlife and natural history documentaries.
- Come and get to the heart of the matter at the Bristol Heart Festival 3 March 2025 Did you know a human heart will beat around 100,000 times and continuously pumps about 8 pints of blood around the body each day, but how can you keep a heart healthy. Members of the public will have the opportunity to find out at the Bristol Heart Festival. The free, hands-on event, will take place on Thursday 13 March at the Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol.
- Paramedics in GP surgeries may ease workload but not NHS costs, study finds 28 February 2025 Paramedics working in GP surgeries help reduce GP workload but do not contribute to cost savings to the NHS, according to the first major study of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedic compared with GP consultations.
- University of Bristol partnership launches initiative to drive AI innovation 27 February 2025 TechWorks-AI, a new standalone community dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) innovation, has been formally announced at a milestone event at the historic Bletchley Park.
- Greater openness about the use of complementary and alternative medicines in UK dairy farming could bring benefits 26 February 2025 Greater openness about complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) use has the potential to strengthen farmer-vet relationships, which may prevent potential unintended harm to animals, reduce antibiotic use and improve herd health management, new research has found. The study, led by the University of Bristol, is published today [26 February] in Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
