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Lack of maths education negatively affects adolescent brain and cognitive development
General Research
8 June 2021
A new study suggests that not having any maths education after the age of 16 can be disadvantageous.
Iron deficiency anaemia in early pregnancy increases risk of heart defects, suggests new research
General Research
8 June 2021
In animal models, iron deficient mothers had a greatly increased risk of having offspring with congenital heart disease (CHD).
Pfizer Maternal Covid-19 Vaccine Trial launch
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
8 June 2021
The Pfizer Maternal Covid-19 Vaccine Trial has launched at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for women between 27-34 weeks pregnant. The Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health’s team of doctors, research midwives and nurses are delivering this critical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the Pfizer vaccine in pregnant women.
AI detects life-threatening blood vessel inflammation from Covid-19 variants
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
8 June 2021
Parkinson’s disease: we don’t have a cure yet but treatments have come a long way
General Research
7 June 2021
EPSRC funds research to avert an antibiotics apocalypse
General Research
7 June 2021
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute join a collaboration to find new ‘drug-free’ ways of treating illnesses where current treatments have become ineffective due to antibiotic resistance.
How useful is personal genetic health information?
Blogs General Research
3 June 2021
Genetics and genomics are increasingly in the news. People can buy genetic tests on the internet, without providing a medical reason or involving a health professional. But how useful is personal genetic health information, and are there any downsides to buying tests?
Dominic Cummings: how the UK ignored evidence that the virus is airborne
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
1 June 2021
Kerpow! Sleep science gets a comic book make over
General Research
1 June 2021
In a new Oxford Science Blog, Dr Manuel Spitschan (Department of Experimental Psychology) and Coline Weinzaepflen share their new comic book which they designed for teens and above who are curious about circadian rhythms, sleep, and the effects of light on our body and brain.
University of Oxford to launch Pandemic Sciences Institute
General Research
28 May 2021
The University of Oxford has today announced the launch of a new centre of global research collaboration and excellence, the Pandemic Sciences Institute.
The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre initiates first disease priority area: Friedreich’s Ataxia
General Research
27 May 2021
The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre is redoubling efforts to develop a therapeutics programme for Friedreich’s Ataxia.
New clinical trial for patients affected by blood cancer
General Research
27 May 2021
Radcliffe Department of Medicine's Professor Adam Mead is leading PROMise, a new clinical trial offering a novel treatment option for patients with a type of blood cancer called myelofibrosis.
SARS-CoV-2 RNA discovery unlocks new potential treatments
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
27 May 2021
An international and multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, has uncovered the interactions that SARS-CoV-2 RNA establishes with the host cell, many of which are fundamental for infection.
Immune cells imperfect at distinguishing friend from foe
General Research
27 May 2021
When it comes to distinguishing a healthy cell from an infected one that needs to be destroyed, the immune system’s killer T cells sometimes make mistakes. This discovery, described today in the journal eLife, upends a long-held belief among scientists that T cells were nearly perfect at discriminating friend from foe. The results may point to new ways to treat autoimmune diseases that cause the immune system to attack the body, or lead to improvements in cutting-edge cancer treatments.
Study confirms longer-term lung damage after COVID-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
25 May 2021
A study by Oxford and Sheffield researchers using a cutting-edge method of imaging has identified persistent damage to the lungs of COVID-19 patients at least three months after they were discharged from hospital, and for some patients even longer.
Oxford to play host to crucial G7 health talks
General
25 May 2021
Oxford University will host the 2021 G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in early June
Peter Scanlon wins national award
Awards and Appointments General
21 May 2021
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences' Associate Professor Peter Scanlon has been named as a winner at the prestigious Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) Excellence in Patient Care Awards.
The Botnar Research Institute appoints new Director
Awards and Appointments General
18 May 2021
The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) is delighted to announce that Professor Jonathan Rees has been appointed as the new Director of the Botnar Research Institute
How the kidney contributes to healthy iron levels and disease
General Research
18 May 2021
A new study from Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics has addressed a long-standing gap in our understanding of systemic iron homeostasis. It provides the first formal demonstration that the hormone hepcidin controls iron reabsorption in the kidney, in a manner that impacts the body’s iron levels, under normal physiological conditions. It also demonstrates for the first time how this mechanism becomes critically important in the development of iron disorders.