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\n \n\n \n8 September 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Nuffield Department of Population Health have found that having poor metabolic health was related to an increased risk of developing dementia in a study of more than 176,000 individuals.
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\n \n\n \n5 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the Mead Group in the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) has demonstrated a previously unknown effect of chronic inflammation on TP53-mutant haematopoietic stem cells.
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\n \n\n \n4 September 2023
\n \n \n \nHigh levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including \u2018brain fog\u2019, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots.
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\n \n\n \n30 August 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Herman Waldmann FMedSci (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology) is one of four Oxford University researchers recognised today by the Royal Society.
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\n \n\n \n25 August 2023
\n \n \n \nA team of researchers at the University of Oxford, led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, have developed a new model that reliably predicts a woman's likelihood of developing and then dying of breast cancer within a decade.
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\n \n\n \n15 August 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have developed a new tool to predict people\u2019s risks of getting oesophageal cancer in the next ten years.
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\n \n\n \n11 August 2023
\n \n \n \nIn a pan-cancer analysis spanning 24 different cancer types, Department of Oncology researchers shed light on the critical role of SETD2 in tumourigenesis.
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\n \n\n \n11 August 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have found that a brief form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for insomnia, delivered by nurses in GP surgeries, significantly improves sleep and quality of life compared to sleep hygiene alone.
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\n \n\n \n7 August 2023
\n \n \n \nA team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have achieved a significant breakthrough in detecting modifications on protein structures. The method, published in Nature Nanotechnology, employs innovative nanopore technology to identify structural variations at the single-molecule level, even deep within long protein chains.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2023
\n \n \n \nThe work of Oxford University\u2019s Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research team (OxSTaR) has been recognised by a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). The AdvanceHE award celebrates outstanding collaborative impact on teaching and learning and highlights the key role of teamwork in higher education.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2023
\n \n \n \nThe liver transplant team at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) has successfully recruited the first liver to be used in a revolutionary new study \u2014 looking at whether fat can be removed from donor livers to make them suitable for transplantation. The study is being run from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) at the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2023
\n \n \n \nResearch into the onset and progression of diseases affecting musculoskeletal soft tissues could be greatly advanced using novel 3D models say researchers in Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, in a review published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
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\n \n\n \n1 August 2023
\n \n \n \nThe National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Nuffield Department of Population Health has received renewed funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)\u2019s Policy Research Programme to continue running the Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care for the next five years from January 2024.
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\n \n\n \n31 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Sir Aziz Sheikh has been appointed to succeed Professor Richard Hobbs CBE as Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Head of Department from August 2024.
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\n \n\n \n28 July 2023
\n \n \n \nContainment measures introduced to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in a sustained reduction in the transmission of certain bacteria that cause diseases such as meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia, according to a new study published in The Lancet Digital Health by the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance (IRIS) Consortium.
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\n \n\n \n27 July 2023
\n \n \n \nOn Tuesday 25 July, more than 140 children together with around 60 parents and caregivers were treated to a thrilling variety of hands-on science activities in University Parks. \u2018Science in the Park\u2019 was run by DPAG\u2019s Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG), in collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry, with 30 volunteers comprising research scientists, graduate students and professional services staff.
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\n \n\n \n26 July 2023
\n \n \n \nLast week, the University of Oxford\u2019s historic Divinity School hosted a special evening event to celebrate the seven new community-led research collaborations formed over the last 12 months through the Science Together engagement programme.
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