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\n \n \n \nA new NDORMS study explores the role of arthroscopic subacromial decompression in the treatment of subacromial shoulder pain (impingement).
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\n \n\n \n21 November 2017
\n \n \n \nA pioneering European research project aims to lead to new diagnostic tests to assess patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and identify those most at risk for developing severe inflammation and liver scarring. Researchers from the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research will play a key role in evaluating a series of biomarkers for NAFLD.
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\n \n\n \n16 November 2017
\n \n \n \nRaising so-called 'good' cholesterol by blocking a key protein involved in its metabolism does not protect against heart disease or stroke, according to a large genetic study of 150,000 Chinese adults published in the journal JAMA Cardiology.
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\n \n\n \n9 November 2017
\n \n \n \nA new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, funded by Cancer Research UK, has found that the risk of breast cancer recurring persists undiminished for at least 20 years after diagnosis, suggesting that hormonal treatments should continue for even longer to reduce the risk of late recurrence.
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\n \n\n \n3 November 2017
\n \n \n \nA group of researchers led by Colin Kleanthous in the Department of Biochemistry has shown for the first time how a toxin released by bacteria delivers its toxic payload into cells.
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\n \n\n \n2 November 2017
\n \n \n \nA collaboration between the University of Oxford and Thailand\u2019s Mahidol University has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2017 Newton Prize for its project aiming to understand the early stages of scrub typhus in Thailand.
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\n \n\n \n26 October 2017
\n \n \n \nModified silk from Asian wild silkworms could be used in a strategy to repair damaged spinal cords, according to scientists from the universities of Aberdeen and Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n24 October 2017
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Universities of Dundee and Oxford have shown how combining the tetanus vaccine with a viral particle that normally affects cucumbers can be used to treat psoriasis and allergies, and may even protect against Alzheimer\u2019s disease.
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\n \n\n \n23 October 2017
\n \n \n \nStudy suggests Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Type 2 diabetes might both be the price of a longer lifespan, with altered insulin function the common cause.
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\n \n\n \n23 October 2017
\n \n \n \nResponding to the growing mandate for researchers to share their clinical data, WWARN is joining with partners to host a 3-day workshop in January sponsored by the British Council\u2019s Newton Researcher Links Programme in order to develop the skills and network needed to produce high quality data capable of maximising the impact of initial findings.
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\n \n\n \n19 October 2017
\n \n \n \nA new approach to targeting key cancer-linked proteins, thought to be \u2018undruggable\u2019, has been discovered through an alliance between industry and academia.
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\n \n\n \n18 October 2017
\n \n \n \nFor the first time, a strong link has been established between high blood pressure and the most common heart valve disorder in high-income countries, by new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n17 October 2017
\n \n \n \nThe British Heart Foundation has awarded a total of \u00a37.6 million to research programmes at the world-leading Burdon Sanderson Cardiac Science Centre in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
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\n \n\n \n13 October 2017
\n \n \n \nProfessor Nicola Sibson of the Department of Oncology has been awarded a grant worth almost \u00a3200,000 by research charity Breast Cancer Now to fund cutting-edge research to uncover novel treatment combinations to control breast cancer that has spread to the brain.
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\n \n\n \n13 October 2017
\n \n \n \n115 years of malaria data collected in Africa gives the most detailed picture yet of where efforts to control malaria infection are being won and lost across the continent.
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\n \n\n \n13 October 2017
\n \n \n \nA new Oxford University collaboration will support understanding and action around one of the world\u2019s biggest health threats, drug-resistant infections.
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\n \n\n \n9 October 2017
\n \n \n \nThe physical cause of trench foot has been uncovered more than 100 years after the painful and debilitating condition was first identified in the First World War.
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