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\n \n\n \n13 March 2018
\n \n \n \nThe march towards replacing animals in drug testing with computer simulations has made another significant step forward, with the development of new software which can predict the possible cardiac side effects of taking a new drug.
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\n \n\n \n12 March 2018
\n \n \n \nA new clinical research and response network for epidemic infections has been launched in sub-Saharan Africa with the support of a \u20ac10 million grant from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP).
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\n \n\n \n12 March 2018
\n \n \n \nWoodford Investment Management leads round into OxSyBio, the second Oxford University spinout from Oxford Nanopore founder Hagan Bayley
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\n \n\n \n12 March 2018
\n \n \n \nFour Oxford scientists, including Professor Timothy Behrens of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, were honoured at the UK's inaugural Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists ceremony, held at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2018
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2018
\n \n \n \nResearch led by the University of Oxford has revealed how the complex cultural and social environment in developing countries can complicate the use of new diagnostic technologies to fight the global superbug crisis.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2018
\n \n \n \nOpen Science to enable consistent data and accelerate reliable discoveries in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2018
\n \n \n \nThe proportion of people experiencing heart disease and stroke who have five or more other health conditions quadrupled between 2000 and 2014, and the rise was not driven by age, new research by The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2018
\n \n \n \nTo highlight Brain Awareness Week (BAW), the global campaign that supports public understanding and appreciation of neuroscience research, Oxford University is to run Brain Discovery Festival from 9-18th March, an interactive, week-long programme of activities, highlighting its contributions to the field.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2018
\n \n \n \nSouth Korean and Chinese investors join round into Oxford University spinout developing cancer vaccines.
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\n \n\n \n5 March 2018
\n \n \n \nSir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, died on March 3 2018 at the age of 88. His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds was set at the Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954 ensuring his place in history.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2018
\n \n \n \nGeneral Practitioners should encourage patients with hypertension to monitor their blood pressure at home and use those readings in their day-to-day care, recommend a team of experts writing in The Lancet.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2018
\n \n \n \nWomen with bigger waists relative to their hips face a proportionately greater risk of experiencing a heart attack than men who have a similar \u2018apple shape\u2019, new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
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\n \n\n \n27 February 2018
\n \n \n \nThe Miles Frost Fund hits \u00a31.5 million target; boosting funding for six inherited heart condition centres across the UK
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\n \n\n \n23 February 2018
\n \n \n \nSeveral outstanding health researchers in Oxford have been recognised in a prestigious national competition.
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\n \n\n \n22 February 2018
\n \n \n \nMeta-analysis led by Dr Andrea Cipriani (Department of Psychiatry) of 522 trials includes the largest amount of unpublished data to date, and finds that antidepressants are more effective than placebo for short-term treatment of acute depression in adults.
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2018
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