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New vaccines centre to protect UK from pandemic threats
Innovation Research
4 December 2018
The UK’s first dedicated Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC), announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark MP, represents a major commercial opportunity and also a new front line in the nation’s defence against global pandemic threats.
Oxford secures £17.5 million to lead national AI healthcare programmes
General Innovation
6 November 2018
Innovate UK and industry are to invest more than £17.5 million in the University of Oxford to develop artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications to benefit patients.
Medical Sciences Division announces new Industry Expert in Residence
Innovation
2 November 2018
Dr Andy Pearce, Director of Discovery Partnerships with Academia at GSK joins the scheme as a Drug Discovery and Development Expert
Oxford - Axol collaboration secure funding to grow brains in the lab
Innovation
2 November 2018
Researchers at the University of Oxford, in a new industry partnership with Axol Bioscience of Cambridge, have secured funding from the BBSRC to collaborate in creating human models of the cerebellum with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for studies of neurological disorders.
Computer modelling used to discover and design new mental health drugs
Innovation
26 October 2018
Whole-brain computer modelling reveals the effects of LSD on the human brain
Gestational Diabetes App officially launched
Innovation
19 October 2018
A smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed with support from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has been launched commercially.
New test successfully predicts all women who will not develop pre-eclampsia
Innovation Research
12 October 2018
A new test that predicts with almost 100 per cent accuracy that a pregnant woman will not develop pre-eclampsia within the following seven days has been given the green light to be used as standard clinical practice in one of the UK’s biggest acute hospital trusts.
Gene therapy breakthrough in treating rare form of blindness
Innovation Research
10 October 2018
Positive results of the world’s first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia have been reported in Nature Medicine.
Oxford firm launches to predict and prevent heart attacks years before they happen
Innovation
10 October 2018
Caristo Diagnostics, an Oxford University spinout company, has been launched to commercialise a new coronary CT image analysis technology that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.
Regenerative medicine spinout OxStem launches subsidiaries
Innovation
5 October 2018
Subsidiaries of the Oxford University spinout, OxStem Immuno and OxStem Beta, will draw on research from the institution.
Novo Nordisk Research Centre opens in Oxford
General Innovation
13 September 2018
The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, has attended the inauguration of the Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford (NNRCO).
Showcase of Oxford’s leading role in AI healthcare revolution
General Innovation
6 September 2018
Oxford’s cutting-edge work in AI techniques that promise to transform healthcare has been showcased on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Evox Therapeutics secures £35.5m Series B
General Innovation
4 September 2018
The Oxford University spinout will use the investment to further develop its exosome technology, capable of delivering drugs to previously inaccessible parts of the body.
Partnership launched to develop cystic fibrosis gene therapy
General Innovation
6 August 2018
Experts at Oxford are teaming up with leading figures from industry to advance development of a gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.
Virtual reality used to treat fear of heights
Innovation Research
12 July 2018
A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry provides first evidence that psychological therapy can be successfully delivered in virtual reality (VR).
Reducing the need for 24-hour blood pressure monitors in general practice
Innovation Research
29 June 2018
The One Show: SlowMo Story
General Innovation
19 June 2018
The app designed by researchers at the Department of Psychiatry to slow down negative thoughts of people with paranoia appeared on the BBC's The One Show. They revealed how one of the first users, Angie, is benefiting from this innovative approach.
First human test of robotic eye surgery a success
Innovation Research
19 June 2018
Researchers from the University of Oxford have completed the first successful trial of robot-assisted retinal surgery.
Rosalind Franklin Institute will 'transform' life sciences research through disruptive technologies
General Innovation
6 June 2018
Business Secretary Greg Clark has today launched the £103m Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national centre of excellence that will harness disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics to improve dramatically our understanding of biology.
Body temperature liver storage technique improves transplant success
Innovation Research
19 April 2018
Preserving livers at body temperature has been shown to improve transplant success and to increase the number of viable donor livers available for transplant, which could lead to shorter waiting lists for patients and lower mortality rates.