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\n \n\n \n1 April 2022
\n \n \n \nForget the TV clich\u00e9s about Oxford \u2013 all punting and pass the port. The 925-year-old university is full of the most amazing people who are helping and benefiting the world, well beyond the quads and spires, says Professor Chas Bountra, the university\u2019s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation.\r\n\r\nAfter the events of the last two years - and the COVID-19 vaccine [2.5 billion doses delivered and counting] - this most enthusiastic champion of Oxford maintains there can be no doubt, innovation is part and parcel of the historic university\u2019s future. Who knows what is coming next, he says, expectantly.
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\n \n\n \n31 March 2022
\n \n \n \nResearch from the Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences shows that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an effective tool for fracture detection that has potential to aid clinicians in busy emergency departments.
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\n \n\n \n31 March 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have used 3D and live-imaging to show how resident memory B cells boost antibodies to fight influenza.
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\n \n\n \n30 March 2022
\n \n \n \nLongstanding fears that using mobile phones may increase the risk of developing a brain tumour have been reignited recently by the launch of 5G (fifth generation) mobile wireless technologies. Mobile phones emit radiofrequency waves which, if absorbed by tissues, can cause heating and damage.
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\n \n\n \n29 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new review paper, published in the journal Brain, has shown that a poorly understood region of the brain called the claustrum may play an important role in how we experience pain.
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study has uncovered the role of ACC1 enzyme in the regulation of glucagon secretion for the first time. This raises the prospect of a potential new therapeutic target in the context of type 2 diabetes and metabolic disorders characterised by hyperglycaemia.
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\n \n\n \n23 March 2022
\n \n \n \nOne trial. Over 47,000 participants. Nearly 200 hospital sites, across six countries. Ten results. Four effective COVID-19 treatments. And behind them all, an army of countless researchers, doctors, nurses, statisticians and supporting staff.
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\n \n\n \n23 March 2022
\n \n \n \nNuffield Department of Surgical Sciences have been successful in the renewal of their Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising their work in advancing gender equality.
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\n \n\n \n23 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe use of data, evidence and digital tools in healthcare and policy takes a major stride forward with the official launch of the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science and appointment of Ben Goldacre as Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine
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\n \n\n \n21 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new genetic study of the bacteria that cause pleurisy has shown most cases involve more than one type of bacterium, and revealed which bacterial combinations cause the most serious infections.
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\n \n\n \n16 March 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause neurological disorders. But they did find an increased risk for unvaccinated people infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessors Matthew Higgins and Michael Dustin from the University of Oxford, Prof Gavin Wright from the University of York, and Professors Shiroh Iwanaga and Hisashi Arase from Osaka University have secured a Wellcome Collaborative Award for their study \u201cHow do RIFINs and STEVORs modulate human immunity during malaria?\u201d
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\n \n\n \n14 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new collaboration between Oxford, Brazil and Pakistan has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The partnership will provide researchers with de-identified health data from two of the worlds global COVID-19 hotspots to increase understanding of COVID-19 in these communities and help accelerate the management of the disease.
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\n \n\n \n11 March 2022
\n \n \n \nNew research from Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) has identified a new gene that allows cancer cells to survive in the typically acidic microenvironment of a malignant tumour. Researchers have discovered drugs that inhibit the gene in other medical conditions also selectively kill cancer cells at acidic pH, without damaging healthy tissue. This defines a novel strategy for targeting acidic tumour regions.
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\n \n\n \n11 March 2022
\n \n \n \nIn the UK, every 5 days a baby is born with SMA. Treatments are available now. If these treatments are delivered at birth, these newborns have the best chance of living long and healthy lives. If treated later, when they are identified because of the symptoms, they may survive, but with a severe disability. So, for every 5 days that a newborn screening is delayed, a baby in the UK loses the chance of a brighter future.
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\n \n\n \n10 March 2022
\n \n \n \nExscientia and the University of Oxford's Target Discovery Institute (TDI) today announced the formation of Xcellomics \u2013 a program designed to source cellular functional assays from the global academic community to develop novel screens and identify targets and therapeutic candidates for unmet medical needs.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2022
\n \n \n \nWorking in partnership to share University of Oxford research with local communities in Banbury
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor Lynne Cox of the Department of Biochemistry will co-lead a new national research network focused on transforming the health of older people and boosting the economy.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSoM) has begun recruiting for a Phase I/II trial of a new paratyphoid vaccine in human volunteers in Oxford.
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