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Oxford gets £122m funding for healthcare research
Awards and Appointments General
14 October 2022
Health and care research in Oxford is to receive £122 million in government funding over the next five years to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for NHS patients.
Gene associated with better immune response, protection after COVID-19 vaccination
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
13 October 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a study exploring how certain genes can help generate a strong immune response following vaccination with two commonly used COVID-19 vaccines – identifying a particular gene associated with a high antibody response.
New study finds that monkeypox virus can spread widely within specialist hospital isolation rooms
General Research
13 October 2022
Monkeypox virus can be shed into the surrounding environment by people who are infected, particularly in shed skin particles and in debris from monkeypox skin lesions and scabs. The virus is relatively hardy and under appropriate conditions can remain infectious on surfaces for weeks, creating a potential infection risk to others.
Oxford researchers to study why asthma is worse in women
Awards and Appointments General
12 October 2022
A University of Oxford team has been awarded a grant to study one of the major unsolved questions about asthma – why women are more likely to have it than men and why they are twice as likely to die from it.
KJ Patel appointed new Chief Scientist of CRUK
Awards and Appointments General
12 October 2022
Cancer Research UK has today announced the appointment of Professor Ketan (KJ) Patel FRS FMedSci (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) as its new Chief Scientist.
DPAG Myth Busters and Shaping Destiny teams engage the public at IF Oxford 2022
General Public Engagement with Research
12 October 2022
Researchers from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) engaged hundreds of visitors at Wesley Memorial Church on Saturday 8 October 2022 as part of The Oxford Science and Ideas Festival’s Explorazone.
MenACWY teenage meningitis vaccine programme drives herd immunity across all ages
General Research
10 October 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported findings from a large-scale study that examined the impact of the UK’s MenACWY vaccination programme on the carriage of meningitis bacteria in the throats of UK teenagers. They have demonstrated the impact of the vaccine in generating herd protection, also called herd immunity, that protects all age groups.
Oxford Innovation Society celebrates pioneering biomedical research and innovation
General Innovation
10 October 2022
Last month the Oxford Innovation Society (OIS) hosted an event at Pembroke College which celebrated some of the pioneering translational research and innovation coming out of the University’s Medical Sciences Division.
New computational technique reveals changes to lung function post COVID-19 infection
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
5 October 2022
A new study led by Oxford researchers found that prior COVID-19 infection was associated with more uneven inflation of the lungs during normal breathing, smaller lung volumes, and greater respiratory dead space.
Oxford spinout Optellum secures $14m funding to advance pioneering AI-powered lung cancer diagnosis technology
General Innovation Research
3 October 2022
Optellum, a University of Oxford spinout that provides a breakthrough AI platform to diagnose and treat early-stage lung cancer, has raised $14 million in a Series A funding round.
Celebrating Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
General Public Engagement with Research
3 October 2022
September was Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and researchers in Department of Paediatrics took action to help raise awareness for this cause.
New study shows higher rate of fractures in people with intellectual disability
General Research
30 September 2022
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers at the University of Oxford and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust found a substantially higher rate of fractures in people with intellectual disability compared with people of the same age and gender without an intellectual disability.
Kia Nobre awarded prestigious C.L. de Carvalho- Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science 2022
Awards and Appointments General Research
30 September 2022
New evidence for how our brains handle surprise
General Research
30 September 2022
A new study from the Bruno Group is challenging our perceptions of how the different regions of the cerebral cortex function. A group of ‘quiet’ cells in the somatosensory cortex that rarely respond to touch have been found to react mainly to surprising circumstances. The results suggest their function is not necessarily driven by touch, but may indicate an important and previously unidentified role across all the major cortices.
Language learning difficulties in children linked to brain differences
General Research
27 September 2022
A new study using MRI has revealed structural brain changes in children with developmental language disorder (DLD), a common but under-recognised difficulty in language learning. Children with DLD aged 10-15 showed reduced levels of myelin in areas of the brain associated with speaking and listening to others, and areas involved in learning new skills. This finding is a significant advance in our understanding of DLD and these brain differences may explain the poorer language outcomes in this group.
The Gene Therapists Headline at Glastonbury 2022
Events General Public Engagement with Research
26 September 2022
Rosie Munday writes about her experience taking science to the masses at the Glastonbury Festival.
Professor Dame Sue Black to deliver 2022 Christmas Lectures
Events General
26 September 2022
In the 2022 Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution, DPAG's Visiting Professor of Forensic Anatomy Dame Sue Black will share secrets of forensic science.
New research reveals relationship between particular brain circuits and different aspects of mental wellbeing
General Research
23 September 2022
Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered previously unknown details about how changes in the brain contribute to changes in wellbeing.
Night-time blood pressure assessment is found to be important in diagnosing hypertension
General Research
23 September 2022
Around 15% of people aged 40-75 may have a form of undiagnosed high blood pressure (hypertension) that occurs only at night-time. Because they do not know about this, and therefore are not being treated for it, they are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease such as stroke, heart failure, and even death, suggests new research from the University of Oxford published in the British Journal of General Practice.