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\n \n\n \n28 September 2018
\n \n \n \nIn a landmark study that may herald a quicker, more tailored treatment for the millions of people around the world living with tuberculosis (TB), UK researchers have shown how our understanding of TB\u2019s genetic code is now so detailed that we can now predict which commonly used anti-TB drugs are best for treating a patient\u2019s infection and which are not.
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\n \n\n \n28 September 2018
\n \n \n \nReplacing food with a diet of soups, shakes and bars starting at 810 calories per day alongside regular sessions with a counsellor is a safe and clinically effective way to treat obesity in primary care, finds a study from Oxford University researchers.
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\n \n\n \n26 September 2018
\n \n \n \nNew research from an international team led by Oxford University and the National-Kapodistrian University of Athens shows that an ancient retrovirus - HK2 \u2013 is more frequently found in drug addicts and thus is significantly associated with addiction.
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\n \n\n \n21 September 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have demonstrated pre-clinical success for a universal flu vaccine.
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\n \n\n \n21 September 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford have discovered a new molecule that plays a key role in the immune response that is triggered by influenza infections.
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\n \n\n \n19 September 2018
\n \n \n \nWhen assessing the moral character of others, people cling to good impressions but readily adjust their opinions about those who have behaved badly, according to new research.
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\n \n\n \n19 September 2018
\n \n \n \nWomen that have undiagnosed sexually transmitted infections may be at greater risk of experiencing negative premenstrual symptoms (PMS), according to new Oxford University research.
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\n \n\n \n12 September 2018
\n \n \n \nA recent study from Dr Kirsten Smith, Dr Graham Thew and Dr Belinda Graham at the department\u2019s Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (OxCADAT) looks at how participating in online research about grief affects people who have lost a loved one.
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\n \n\n \n3 September 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have constructed a \"molecular hopper\", capable of moving single strands of DNA through a protein nanotube.
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\n \n\n \n29 August 2018
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\n \n\n \n29 August 2018
\n \n \n \nThe economic costs of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for every course of antibiotics are considerable, and much higher than their purchase cost, say researchers.
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\n \n\n \n28 August 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.
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\n \n\n \n28 August 2018
\n \n \n \nGenome sequencing sheds light on yellow fever outbreak in Brazil.
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\n \n\n \n28 August 2018
\n \n \n \nAspirin prevented serious vascular events in patients with diabetes who did not already have cardiovascular disease, but it caused almost as many major bleeds and there was no effect on cancers. These are the late breaking findings presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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\n \n\n \n28 August 2018
\n \n \n \nFish oil supplements do not prevent heart attacks or strokes in patients with diabetes, according to late breaking results from the ASCEND trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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\n \n\n \n23 August 2018
\n \n \n \nNew paper published in Nature Communications from researchers in Respiratory Medicine Unit, NDM Experimental Medicine'
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\n \n\n \n22 August 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with researchers from Canada and the Universities of Bristol and London, have used advanced magnetic resonance imaging to investigate whether factors such as blood pressure, fitness, smoking and alcohol intake during young adult life are associated with changes in the blood vessels inside the brain.
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\n \n\n \n16 August 2018
\n \n \n \nNew research, published in the European Heart Journal has shown deaths from conditions that affect the blood supply to the brain, such as stroke, are declining overall in Europe but that in some countries the decline is levelling off or death rates are even increasing.
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\n \n\n \n14 August 2018
\n \n \n \nA pioneering study into myeloma, a rare cancer, could lead to GPs using simple blood tests to improve early diagnosis.
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\n \n\n \n6 August 2018
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