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Natural mood regulation low or even absent in people with depression
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
22 April 2020
Periods of lockdown during the COVID-19 situation likely to exacerbate problems with mood regulation, say experts at the University of Oxford
Mental health and brain research must be a higher priority in global response to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
17 April 2020
A new paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry highlights an urgent need to tackle the harmful impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and potentially the brain and calls for research on these areas to be central to the global response to the pandemic.
Oxford-led research describes the safety profile and potential harms of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
16 April 2020
Over 300 international researchers from the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) community studied data from almost 1 million patients. They declared hydroxychloroquine safe for short-term use, but urge caution in using it in combination with azithromycin.
Digital contact tracing can slow or even stop coronavirus transmission and ease us out of lockdown
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
16 April 2020
BRC funds new COVID-19 research projects
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
7 April 2020
The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has allocated funding to three COVID-19 research projects in an attempt to improve treatment, understand how the virus interacts with chronic diseases, and the longer-term effects of infection on organs.
Using wearable technology to monitor COVID-19 patients
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Innovation Research
1 April 2020
System being used in John Warin isolation ward at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital
NDCN welcomes the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit
General Research
1 April 2020
We are pleased to announce that today the University of Oxford MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit joins the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) as a sixth division.
Controlling coronavirus transmission using a mobile app to trace close proximity contacts
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
31 March 2020
A team of medical researchers and bioethicists at Oxford University has published results today in Science that further our understanding of coronavirus transmission.
Professor Kim Nasmyth honoured with Centenary Award
General Research
27 March 2020
Professor Kim Nasmyth (Department of Biochemistry) honoured with the prestigious Centenary Award 2021 from the Biochemical Society
Integrating Cancer Imaging Biomarker Clinical Research Across the UK
General Research
26 March 2020
UK National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA) establishes infrastructure for validation and adoption of cancer imaging biomarkers as decision-making tools in clinical trials and NHS practice. Researchers and medical experts from nine world-leading medical imaging centres across the UK come together to form an integrated infrastructure for standardising and validating cancer imaging biomarkers for clinical use.
The cost of self-harm to hospitals in England
General Research
12 March 2020
In 2013, self-harm cost hospitals in England an estimated £128.6m according to a new study led by the Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH) and the Centre for Suicide Research (Department of Psychiatry).
What is the ‘right’ age to have a child?
General Research
11 March 2020
An article on what is a safe child bearing age by Principal Investigator Dr Suzannah Williams and DPhil student Charlotte Walker from the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproduction Health, was among the most-read pieces of 2018-19 from Oxford academics in the academic journal The Conversation. It had almost a quarter of a million reads shared between the original and its French and Spanish translations.
AI finds “smell” genes might have a role beyond the nose
General Research
9 March 2020
Research from the Department of Engineering Science finds that the genes that help you smell could also be assisting the spread of colon cancer.
Bacteria use liquid crystalline armour to shield against antibiotics
General Research
9 March 2020
Researchers in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology have identified a mechanism by which the rod-shaped bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can evade antibiotics by surrounding its cells with a self-made protective casing.
New Oxford Sparks podcast launched: Can we diagnose heart attacks faster?
General Research
6 March 2020
In this episode of the Big Questions podcast, we find out how Dr Tingting Zhu (Department of Engineering Science) is using a machine learning algorithm to diagnose heart attacks faster.
Gene therapy shows promise in tackling common cause of childhood blindness
General Research
26 February 2020
The results of a first-in-human clinical trial of gene therapy to treat a common cause of genetic blindness have shown partial reversal of sight loss in some patients.
Research reveals link between high cholesterol levels and risk of aortic valve disease
General Research
24 February 2020
Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford have found that while having high cholesterol levels does not influence your risk of aortic or mitral valve regurgitation, it does increase your risk of developing another major heart valve disease - aortic stenosis.