News from October 2017

In the last 15 years there has been a concerning increase in the spread of the livestock viral disease, peste des petits ruminants (PPR), which costs $1.45-$2.1 billion (USD) in losses annually. Recently, Pirbright scientists have put forward their expertise to support the Food and Agricultural…

Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have found that deleting a gene of the African swine fever virus (ASFV), a severe and often fatal disease of pigs, reduces its ability to cause infection and protects against a strain of the virus that causes severe disease. In the study, published in the…

The Pirbright Institute has retained the Bronze award from the Equality Challenge Unit’s (ECU) Athena SWAN Charter for its commitment to gender equality. The Institute has undergone significant changes in leadership and structure since it first attained a Bronze award in 2014. It was for this reason…