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\n \n\n \n28 June 2023
\n \n \n \nA clinical trial, led by a team at NDPCHS, has shown that a three-month rapid weight loss programme was not only safe but also effective in reducing the severity of a liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with liver fibrosis.
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\n \n\n \n27 June 2023
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has produced the highest number of tech unicorn founders across Europe, according to a new report.
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\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford are looking for 2000 volunteers with psoriasis to join their study. Their goal is to explore any links between the skin condition and the development of arthritis.
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\n \n\n \n22 June 2023
\n \n \n \nA large trial has found that using high-dose dual-antibiotic loaded cement is unlikely to reduce the risk of surgical site infection in people who have had a hip replacement.
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\n \n\n \n22 June 2023
\n \n \n \nPatients treated by surgeons who average over 10 shoulder replacements a year have a lower risk of reoperation and serious complications, and a shorter hospital stay than those treated by surgeons who do fewer operations, finds a study published by The BMJ.
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\n \n\n \n21 June 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford University has announced the winners of Beyond Boundaries, its science-inspired schools\u2019 art competition. Their work will be going on public display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History for all to see, from Friday 30 June \u2013 Monday 3 July 2023.
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\n \n\n \n20 June 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Sir John Irving Bell, Professor Alison Noble and Dr Parvinder Aley have been recognised and celebrated in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours list.
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\n \n\n \n16 June 2023
\n \n \n \nA collaboration between the University of Oxford and Lahore University of Management Sciences has combined the power of artificial intelligence with remote satellite imagery to help tackle the problem of unregulated brick kilns across South Asia. These kilns are a major source of air pollution, a key contributor to climate change, and notorious for people trafficking and modern-day slavery.
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\n \n\n \n16 June 2023
\n \n \n \nThrough a strategic partnership with UNSW and the University of Oxford, Prof Michael Kidd, will start in a new joint position in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS), focusing upon Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems.
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\n \n\n \n13 June 2023
\n \n \n \nThe results of this observational study can help clinicians to estimate prognosis for patients diagnosed with breast cancer today.
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\n \n\n \n13 June 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor David Paterson, in collaboration with the UCLA\u2019s Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar, has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award of $8 million (\u00a36.3M) to set up a major new transatlantic network linking world leading researchers from the USA and Europe to develop \u2018Bioelectronics for neurocardiology diagnosis and therapeutics\u2019.
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\n \n\n \n12 June 2023
\n \n \n \nBeacon Therapeutics, a pioneering new biotech company, has launched with a mission to restore and improve the vision of patients with retinal diseases. The company is one of the most ambitious spinouts the University has been involved in to date, starting out with an impressive \u00a396 million ($118.5m) in funding, the biggest launch for any company including an Oxford spin-out programme.
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\n \n\n \n12 June 2023
\n \n \n \nAlcohol consumption increases the risks of over 60 diseases in Chinese men, including many diseases not previously linked to alcohol, according to a new study by researchers from Nuffield Department of Population Health and Peking University, published in Nature Medicine.
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\n \n\n \n11 June 2023
\n \n \n \nDavid Hunter, Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at Oxford Population Health, has been appointed as a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australian King\u2019s Birthday Honours List.
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\n \n\n \n7 June 2023
\n \n \n \nResearch with the potential to change the lives of millions around the world suffering with mental illness has received a boost with the announcement of \u00a342.7m of government funding.
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\n \n\n \n5 June 2023
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\n \n\n \n2 June 2023
\n \n \n \nAn NHS trial of a new blood test for more than 50 types of cancer correctly revealed two out of every three cancers in more than 5,000 people who had visited their GP with suspected symptoms, in England or Wales. The test also also correctly identified the original site of cancer in 85% of those cases.
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