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\n \n\n \n24 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford-developed, Serum Institute of India PvT Ltd (SIIPL) manufactured and scaled up R21/Matrix-MTM malaria vaccine, leveraging Novavax\u2019s adjuvant technology, has been licensed for use in Burkina Faso by the country\u2019s regulatory agency, Agence Nationale de la Regulation Pharmaceutique (ANRP).
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a A$20 billion fund to support Australian health and medical research. It was set up in 2015 to deliver practical benefits from medical research and innovation to as many Australians as possible.
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2023
\n \n \n \nWe know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But exactly how much impact does the food we eat have on environmental outcomes and what difference would following a vegan diet make compared to consuming a high meat, or even low meat diet?
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\n \n\n \n20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Emeritus Professor of Experimental Psychology took up his role on 17 July 2023.
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\n \n\n \n18 July 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford researchers have been given a \u00a31 million boost to support their strategy of developing cancer prevention treatments and early diagnostic tools for people at high risk of cancer.
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\n \n\n \n17 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Lasker Foundation today announced the five winners of its 10th annual Lasker Essay Contest. The winning submissions were selected from hundreds of essays penned by biomedical graduate students and health professions trainees from 25 countries. The winning essayists explored unanticipated ethical issues encountered during their training and strategies used to address them.
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\n \n\n \n17 July 2023
\n \n \n \nYusuf Ben-Tarifite, a medical student at Green Templeton college, has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts \u2013 The Diana Award.
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\n \n\n \n17 July 2023
\n \n \n \nOn Monday 3 July, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted its inaugural Student Symposium Day.
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\n \n\n \n12 July 2023
\n \n \n \nRoutine brain scanning in people experiencing psychosis could help to identify underlying physical conditions that are causing their symptoms, according to a new study.
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\n \n\n \n12 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe multisite Phase I HIV-CORE 006 HIV vaccine clinical trial, run by the Globally Relevant AIDS Vaccine Europe-Africa Trials Partnership (GREAT), has concluded successfully.
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\n \n\n \n12 July 2023
\n \n \n \nA research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, could help develop more effective interventions to prevent AMR infections developing in vulnerable patients.
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\n \n\n \n10 July 2023
\n \n \n \nGeorgina Donati from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research group reflects on her weekend at the Glastonbury Festival talking to the public about science, developmental psychology and mental health.
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\n \n\n \n6 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe UK\u2019s first Space Innovation Lab, dedicated to understanding the effect of space microgravity on the ageing process, opens at the Botnar Institute today.
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\n \n\n \n5 July 2023
\n \n \n \nFive school teachers joined researchers from the Carlyle, Lakhal-Littleton, Mommersteeg, Srinivas, and Stone groups, based in the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, and Sherrington Building, in a project run in collaboration with Jesus College and Trinity College between 19 and 22 June 2023.
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\n \n\n \n5 July 2023
\n \n \n \nPoor air quality affects mental health in many ways, according to a new review of evidence published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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\n \n\n \n4 July 2023
\n \n \n \nA clinical trial has shown that a drug commonly used for patients with bleeding disorders has the potential to be used to lessen the side effects of blood-thinning drugs for patients who have experienced a stroke.
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\n \n\n \n3 July 2023
\n \n \n \nA new type of macrophages recently identified in atherosclerotic lesions could provide a missing link in understanding the inflammatory origins of the common yet fatal condition.
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\n \n\n \n3 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Knight will lead on the strategic development of the NIHR\u2019s infrastructure, working in partnership with infrastructure leaders.
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