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\n \n\n \n12 June 2018
\n \n \n \nNeurosurgeons from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences are set to feature in a BBC documentary called 'How the NHS Changed our World: The John Radcliffe'.
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\n \n\n \n8 June 2018
\n \n \n \nOne of the world\u2019s most widely used anti-malarial drugs is safe to use, say researchers, after a thorough review and analysis of nearly 200,000 malaria patients who\u2019d taken the drug dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ). There is such a low risk of sudden unexpected death from DHA-PPQ, one of the world\u2019s most effective medicines to treat malaria, that there is no need to limit its current use.
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\n \n\n \n6 June 2018
\n \n \n \nNew Oxford Sparks podcast with Jennifer Lawson - Trials Manager from the Department of Psychiatry - released
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\n \n\n \n6 June 2018
\n \n \n \nBusiness Secretary Greg Clark has today launched the \u00a3103m Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national centre of excellence that will harness disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics to improve dramatically our understanding of biology.
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\n \n\n \n4 June 2018
\n \n \n \nA summer of public engagement kicks off with two groups attending Cheltenham Science Festival
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\n \n\n \n30 May 2018
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce the launch of the new Oxford Centre for Neuroinflammation (OCNI), which aims to shed light on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases and uncover new treatment pathways.
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\n \n\n \n29 May 2018
\n \n \n \nProf Paul Newton, Head of the Medicine Quality Group at the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO), explains the need for new strategies for tackling poor quality medical products.
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\n \n\n \n29 May 2018
\n \n \n \nAs microbes have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics and antimicrobials scientists have become interested in new solutions to the growing superbug crisis, including the use of defensive microbes and faecal transplants. In new research, Oxford University scientists have developed a lab-based approach, creating positive co-dependent relationships between hosts and bacteria, quickly - termed \u2018mutualisms\u2019. These lab-developed bacterial relationships demonstrate how microbes can work with their hosts to prevent infection.
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\n \n\n \n29 May 2018
\n \n \n \nScientists from the Madagascar National TB Program, Institute Pasteur Madagascar, University of Oxford, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and Stony Brook University are collaborating to train Malagasy scientists to rapidly detect tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistance using DNA sequencing. The goal of the project is to improve diagnosis and treatment, and will provide insights on disease transmission.
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\n \n\n \n29 May 2018
\n \n \n \nPrimaquine can be used to prevent the transmission of falciparum malaria from human to mosquito. Bob Taylor and colleagues at the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU) have developed an age-based regimen for single low-dose primaquine to block the transmission of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
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\n \n\n \n22 May 2018
\n \n \n \nThe 2018 BMJ research paper of the year award was won by the BUMPES trial conducted by The Epidural and Position Trial Collaborative Group. Professor Peter Brocklehurst, the Chief Investigator, was at the NPEU when the trial was designed and NPEU staff were involved in the design, conduct and statistical and economic analysis.
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\n \n\n \n18 May 2018
\n \n \n \nScientists and designers have teamed up with young people living with HIV, to create a garden at this year\u2019s RHS Chelsea Flower Show to highlight the successes and challenges still faced by young people living with HIV.
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\n \n\n \n15 May 2018
\n \n \n \nGroup leaders in the Departments of Biochemistry (Profs Christina Redfield, Jason Schnell and John Vakonakis) and Chemistry (Profs. Andy Baldwin and Tim Claridge) have secured support towards upgrading the flagship 950 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, housed in Biochemistry.
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\n \n\n \n14 May 2018
\n \n \n \nLayal Liverpool, a 3rd year Infection, Immunology & Translational Medicine DPhil student at St Edmund Hall, has been awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA) media fellowship, funded by the Society for Applied Microbiology.
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\n \n\n \n11 May 2018
\n \n \n \nDr Marco J Haenssgen discusses the application of management thinking to solving the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance.
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\n \n\n \n11 May 2018
\n \n \n \nSeven Oxford scientists are amongst 48 of the UK's world-leading researchers elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences this year.
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\n \n\n \n9 May 2018
\n \n \n \nSix of Oxford University's distinguished scientists, and four from the Medical Sciences Division, have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society for their outstanding contributions to science.
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\n \n\n \n8 May 2018
\n \n \n \nFive Oxford Clinical Medical Students place in top 10% in prestigious national Ophthalmology Duke Elder Prize Examination
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\n \n\n \n2 May 2018
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to researchers in the Department of Oncology, who have received a number of prestigious awards this month.
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\n \n\n \n2 May 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) have found that many more patients could be given a partial knee replacement instead of a total knee replacement, resulting in improvements in their quality of life and lower costs for the healthcare system.
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