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\n \n\n \n13 March 2023
\n \n \n \nActive monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind.
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\n \n\n \n10 March 2023
\n \n \n \nRare Disease Day is an annual awareness day that aims to educate and raise awareness for the 400 million people worldwide who live with a rare disease.
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\n \n\n \n10 March 2023
\n \n \n \nNew artificial intelligence software that can help to spot prostate cancer is being trialled by researchers at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2023
\n \n \n \nA new Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics study has revealed key new insights into the role of cAMP signalling in both healthy and disease settings within the heart. Researchers have identified new cAMP nanodomains in cardiac muscle cells that have far reaching implications for the treatment of heart disease.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2023
\n \n \n \nCollaborative work from Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) and Department of Oncology researchers has revealed a potential new pathway to block the production of a specific group of exosomes made in the cell\u2019s recycling system that can promote the growth of cancerous tumours.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2023
\n \n \n \nMore spinout companies are created by the University of Oxford than any other UK University and an increasing number of their founders and senior leaders are women.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2023
\n \n \n \nHow many children an individual may have is influenced by reproductive biology and human behaviour, according to the largest study to date, which identifies genetic determinants. The study, led by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Pennsylvania, also identified that the human genome has been influenced by natural selection for thousands of years and continues to affect fertility today.
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\n \n\n \n2 March 2023
\n \n \n \nTatjana Gibbons, a DPhil student at Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, talks about research to develop a new 20-minute diagnostic test for endometriosis.
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\n \n\n \n1 March 2023
\n \n \n \nWhere do emotions come from? This is a question that has interested scientists for centuries.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAndrey Kormilitzin outlines a new participatory study aimed at improving AI to take account of LGBTQI+ people so that their needs are better met by mental health services.
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\n \n\n \n21 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap is a comprehensive plan to galvanize a global effort to protect the world from this large and dangerous family of viruses.
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\n \n\n \n21 February 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Nuffield Department of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and CAMS Oxford Institute uncover how BIRC6 (a giant ubiquitin ligase) protects cells from death and how this can be antagonised.
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\n \n\n \n16 February 2023
\n \n \n \nA global study involving three clinical trials will investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis or psychotic symptoms, thanks to a multi-million pound grant to Oxford University.
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\n \n\n \n8 February 2023
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\n \n\n \n8 February 2023
\n \n \n \nTwo digital tools were recommended for use in the NHS to help children and young people with symptoms of anxiety or low mood.
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\n \n\n \n6 February 2023
\n \n \n \nIt may not be quite time to throw out the psychiatrist\u2019s couch, but Oxford Professor of Psychiatry Andrea Cipriani is hoping his research might transform the traditional approach to mental health treatment.
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\n \n\n \n6 February 2023
\n \n \n \nIn his inaugural article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as an NAS member (elected 2021), Prof Mike Dustin and his research team in Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences have explained how messages are passed across the immunological synapse. The research could have implications for future vaccine development and immunotherapy treatments.
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\n \n\n \n1 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe first participants in a clinical trial of a bioelectrical therapy to treat incontinence have received their \u201csmart\u201d bioelectronic implants.
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\n \n\n \n31 January 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the coronavirus and protect again severe disease in this age group.
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\n \n\n \n31 January 2023
\n \n \n \nExperiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life, according to new research.
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