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\n \n\n \n19 April 2018
\n \n \n \nPreserving livers at body temperature has been shown to improve transplant success and to increase the number of viable donor livers available for transplant, which could lead to shorter waiting lists for patients and lower mortality rates.
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\n \n\n \n18 April 2018
\n \n \n \nAn online tool that allows people with a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to manage their own condition and reduce hospital visits is being rolled out to more patients in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n12 April 2018
\n \n \n \nNewKI, one of UK\u2019s largest observational studies of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in general practice, gets underway this month, involving 3,205 Oxfordshire residents and led by Oxford University researchers.
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\n \n\n \n12 April 2018
\n \n \n \nOxford is to take part in three new government-funded projects designed to help universities collaborate with each other, and with external organisations, to boost research commercialisation.
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\n \n\n \n11 April 2018
\n \n \n \nGiving paracetamol (acetaminophen) to patients ill with severe malaria made them less likely to develop potentially fatal kidney failure, say researchers in a recent study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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\n \n\n \n10 April 2018
\n \n \n \nUnintended weight loss is the second highest risk factor for some forms of cancer, concludes the first robust research analysis to examine the association, led by primary care researchers.
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\n \n\n \n10 April 2018
\n \n \n \nScientists at the University of Oxford have identified a gene that in women is linked to the creation and location of new fat cells and in turn contributes to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.
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\n \n\n \n9 April 2018
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\n \n\n \n5 April 2018
\n \n \n \nExposure to household air pollution from using wood or coal for cooking and heating is associated with higher risk of death from heart attack and stroke, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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\n \n\n \n5 April 2018
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\n \n\n \n4 April 2018
\n \n \n \nProfessors Peter Brown and Rafal Bogacz in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences describe their research team\u2019s discovery that a certain \u2018hold your horses\u2019 function in decision-making occurs in an extremely brief window of time, and involves bursts of a specific type of activity in a brain centre known as the subthalamic nucleus.
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers are working with schools around the county to find 24,000 volunteers aged 16 to 18 years to take part in the Be on the TEAM (Teenagers Against Meningitis) trial, led by the Oxford Vaccine Group at the Oxford University's Paediatrics Department with funding and support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2018
\n \n \n \nNew Oxford Sparks podcast with DPAG researcher Nicola Smart offers new insights into cardiology
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\n \n\n \n20 March 2018
\n \n \n \nChanges in the structure and function of the hearts of people born prematurely may make them less able to cope with the pressures of exercise in adulthood, and could lead to increased risk of heart failure later in life.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2018
\n \n \n \nHealth chiefs are failing to investigate a clear pattern of rising death rates and worsening health outcomes in England and Wales, argue experts in The BMJ, as the latest figures show more than 10,000 extra deaths in first weeks of 2018 compared with previous years.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2018
\n \n \n \nAn international team of researchers part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke, tripling the number of genetic mutations known to increase stroke risk.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2018
\n \n \n \nThe National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) \u2013 an organisation dedicated to replacing, refining and reducing the use of animals in research and testing \u2013 has awarded its top prize for a research paper by a team from the Department of Computer of Science.
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\n \n\n \n14 March 2018
\n \n \n \nProfessor Michael Sharpe (Department of Psychiatry) and colleagues identify that treating depression doesn\u2019t make cancer patients live longer, but it does make lives immeasurably better
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\n \n\n \n14 March 2018
\n \n \n \nSmoking is associated with significantly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research in China published in The Lancet Public Health.
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\n \n\n \n13 March 2018
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