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\n \n\n \n13 March 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford in collaboration with 25 teams across the world have published the largest study to date of the genetic basis of endometriosis.
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\n \n\n \n13 March 2023
\n \n \n \nActive monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind.
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\n \n\n \n10 March 2023
\n \n \n \nRare Disease Day is an annual awareness day that aims to educate and raise awareness for the 400 million people worldwide who live with a rare disease.
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\n \n\n \n10 March 2023
\n \n \n \nNew artificial intelligence software that can help to spot prostate cancer is being trialled by researchers at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2023
\n \n \n \nA new Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics study has revealed key new insights into the role of cAMP signalling in both healthy and disease settings within the heart. Researchers have identified new cAMP nanodomains in cardiac muscle cells that have far reaching implications for the treatment of heart disease.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2023
\n \n \n \nCollaborative work from Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) and Department of Oncology researchers has revealed a potential new pathway to block the production of a specific group of exosomes made in the cell\u2019s recycling system that can promote the growth of cancerous tumours.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2023
\n \n \n \nMore spinout companies are created by the University of Oxford than any other UK University and an increasing number of their founders and senior leaders are women.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2023
\n \n \n \nHow many children an individual may have is influenced by reproductive biology and human behaviour, according to the largest study to date, which identifies genetic determinants. The study, led by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Pennsylvania, also identified that the human genome has been influenced by natural selection for thousands of years and continues to affect fertility today.
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\n \n\n \n2 March 2023
\n \n \n \nTatjana Gibbons, a DPhil student at Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, talks about research to develop a new 20-minute diagnostic test for endometriosis.
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\n \n\n \n1 March 2023
\n \n \n \nWhere do emotions come from? This is a question that has interested scientists for centuries.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAlessandra Morelli, a research midwife for the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS) based in Nuffield Department of Population Health\u2019s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, has been deployed as a Data Manager with the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK-EMT) to support their mission in Turkey following a major earthquake.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAndrey Kormilitzin outlines a new participatory study aimed at improving AI to take account of LGBTQI+ people so that their needs are better met by mental health services.
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\n \n\n \n22 February 2023
\n \n \n \nA team of experts at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford and Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick estimate the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around 1 million cases, 44,000 hospitalisations and 9,600 deaths during its first year.
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\n \n\n \n21 February 2023
\n \n \n \nHigh doses of the drug ivermectin, controversially recommended by some high-profile political and media figures during the COVID-19 pandemic, is ineffective at treating the COVID-19 virus, say University of Oxford-affiliated researchers in a study published today in eLife.
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\n \n\n \n21 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap is a comprehensive plan to galvanize a global effort to protect the world from this large and dangerous family of viruses.
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\n \n\n \n21 February 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Nuffield Department of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and CAMS Oxford Institute uncover how BIRC6 (a giant ubiquitin ligase) protects cells from death and how this can be antagonised.
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAnother milestone was reached in the \u00a34 billion partnership between the University of Oxford and Legal & General (L&G) with the topping out ceremony of the new Life and Mind Building.
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\n \n\n \n16 February 2023
\n \n \n \nA global study involving three clinical trials will investigate the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating people with psychosis or psychotic symptoms, thanks to a multi-million pound grant to Oxford University.
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