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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.
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.
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.
Unique clinical imaging dataset released for artificial intelligence research to accelerate diagnosis of prostate cancer
General Research
23 September 2022
How artificial intelligence is shaping medical imaging
General Research
21 September 2022
Dr Qiang Zhang of the Radcliffe Department of Medicine explains how artificial intelligence is being used to help researchers and physicians interpret medical imaging.
Researchers describe how cancer cells can defend themselves from the consequences of certain genetic defects
General Research
16 September 2022
Researchers in Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics have identified a rescue mechanism that allows cancers to overcome the consequences of inactivating mutations in critically important genes.
Malaria booster vaccine continues to meet WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal
General Research
8 September 2022
Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported new findings from their Phase 2b trial following the administration of a booster dose of the candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M™ – which previously demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over the following 12 months in young west African children in 2021.
Why our brain wiring’s insulation matters
General Research
8 September 2022
Alberto Lazari of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences explains the importance of insulation in our brains' wiring.
Study raises hope of pre-school type 1 diabetes screening programme
General Research
6 September 2022
Researchers in Oxford have launched the first UK study in the general population to test for early markers of type 1 diabetes before children develop symptoms or need insulin.
Study develops radiotranscriptomic AI analysis to enable virtual heart biopsies
General Research
5 September 2022
Researchers from Radcliffe Department of Medicine tested the method in COVID-19 patients, to find that the results predicted in-hospital mortality.
New study shows muscle pain is not due to statins in over 90% of those taking the treatment
Clinical Trials General Research
30 August 2022
Statin therapies are not the cause of muscle pain in over 90% of those who experience symptoms, according to a new study led by researchers from Oxford Population Health. The results were published today in The Lancet and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.
Going straight to surgery found to be better than undergoing rehabilitation first for longstanding anterior cruciate ligament injury
General Research
26 August 2022
New research, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), shows initial surgery to be more successful and cost effective than undergoing treatment with rehabilitation first to treat longstanding anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Early childhood weight affected by mother's diet during pregnancy
General Research
26 August 2022
A new study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, USA, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology identifies, as early as the 5th month of pregnancy, patterns of fetal abdominal growth associated with maternal lipid metabolites that track newborn growth, adiposity and development into childhood.
Oxford scientists honoured with eight Royal Society Awards
Awards and Appointments General Research
24 August 2022
Each year, the Royal Society recognises exceptional research achievements through a series of prestigious medals and prizes named after great scientists of the past. Eight of the 2021-22 awards, announced today, honour Oxford University researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine.
Oxford University launch new clinical trial to test a treatment for monkeypox
General Research
23 August 2022
The team behind the world-leading RECOVERY trial of COVID-19 treatments are leading a new study investigating a potential treatment for people who have been diagnosed with monkeypox. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has commissioned and funded the study. The first patients have now been recruited.