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\n \n \n \nGathering information before making a decision is considered a hallmark of intelligence. Researchers at the University of Oxford\u2019s Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour have discovered what happens in a brain before a decision is made.
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\n \n\n \n27 April 2018
\n \n \n \nWork to build the UK\u2019s first dedicated centre for research into the prevention of stroke and dementia has started in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n26 April 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford have proposed an evolutionary framework to understand why microbes living in the gut affect the brain and behaviour, published in Nature Reviews Microbiology.
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\n \n\n \n26 April 2018
\n \n \n \nIn a blog post for Medium, Helen Adams, Public Engagement Coordinator for the Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) project (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences) introduces the project and writes about the team\u2019s first foray into public engagement at Super Science Saturday in March 2018.
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\n \n\n \n25 April 2018
\n \n \n \nThe rapid elimination of potentially untreatable P. falciparum malaria in South-East Asia is possible, according to a ground-breaking new study published in The Lancet.
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\n \n\n \n24 April 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford University have shown that it is possible to identify genetic catalysts that accelerate the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria \u2013 and that this knowledge could be used to design treatments to stifle the development of resistance.
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\n \n\n \n23 April 2018
\n \n \n \nNew paper explores a radical new approach to combating asthma.
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\n \n\n \n20 April 2018
\n \n \n \nResearch published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that empathic, positive messages from doctors may be of small benefit to patients suffering from pain, and improve their satisfaction about the care received.
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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 \n18 April 2018
\n \n \n \nA tribute to the founder of the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry.
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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
\n \n \n \nHead of Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences confirmed as a member of new MRC council
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\n \n\n \n9 April 2018
\n \n \n \nSeven cutting edge research projects, including a project led by Professor Peter Friend from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, have been awarded grants totalling \u00a31.1 million by the UK medical research charity, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (PCRF). The grants bring the charity\u2019s total research support to \u00a310 million.
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\n \n\n \n9 April 2018
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