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Children could point the way to new HIV treatments
Research
29 September 2016
Children with HIV who can resist the disease progressing could point the way to new treatments for HIV infection that are more widely applicable to infected adults and children alike, an international team of researchers led by Oxford University has found.
Babies' genes influence birth weight and later life disease
Research
29 September 2016
New research finds genetic differences that help to explain why some babies are born bigger or smaller than others.
Research finds how the brain decides between effort and reward
Research
28 September 2016
How do we decide if something is worth the effort? A team of researchers from Oxford University and UCL have been finding out.
The SGC releases its first crop of TEPs to accelerate drug discovery
Research
26 September 2016
Target-enabling packages provide a crucial link between human genetics and disease biology to accelerate drug discovery in cancer and malaria
Genetic studies reveal diversity of early human populations – and pin down when we left Africa
Research
26 September 2016
Humans are a success story like no other. We are now living in the “Anthropocene” age, meaning much of what we see around us has been made or influenced by people. Amazingly, all humans alive today – from the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego on the southern tip of the Americas to the Sherpa in the Himalayas and the mountain tribes of Papua New Guinea – came from one common ancestor.
Tackling obesity in Oxfordshire: soups, smartphones and supermarket shopping
Research
23 September 2016
Do 'meal replacements' actually help you to lose weight in the long-term? Is weighing yourself every day enough to prevent obesity? Could feedback on the nutritional content of your shopping basket help you to make healthier choices in the supermarket?
10,000th patient for pioneering cardiac genetic testing service
Research
23 September 2016
The largest NHS-based centre to identify genetic causes of heart disease has welcomed its 10,000th patient. Founded by Oxford University and NHS staff, the Oxford Medical Genetics Laboratory at the Churchill Hospital began its cardiac genetic testing service in 2003 and was the first accredited NHS diagnostic genetic testing service for inherited cardiac conditions (ICC) in the UK.
Stopping dementia in its tracks
Research
23 September 2016
Personalised interventions that keep the brain healthy and stave off dementia may be around the corner, thanks to an initiative to foster better collaboration between NHS patients and lab scientists.
Oxford ranked first among global universities
General
22 September 2016
The University of Oxford ranks Number 1 in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
Research looks at the physical facts behind fiction's fascination
Research
21 September 2016
If you've ever been lost in a radio drama, caught up in a film or transfixed by a play, you've probably not stopped to ask why. Yet, humanity's fascination with fiction is an evolutionary enigma. Now, Oxford arts and sciences researchers have found that stories that arouse our emotions trigger the same mechanisms as other forms of bonding.
Guide Highly Commended at BMA Patient Information Awards
Research
21 September 2016
Coping with Self-Harm: A Guide for Parents and Carers, developed by the University of Oxford’s Centre for Suicide Research has been recognised in the BMA Patient Information Awards.
Electronic Lab Notebooks support - have your say!
20 September 2016
Are you interested in using an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELNs) in place of paper notebooks
A sixth sense? How we can tell that eyes are watching us
Research
20 September 2016
We’ve all had that feeling that somebody is watching us – even if we’re not looking directly at their eyes.
The world’s longest endurance event
Research
20 September 2016
We started the first trial in 2002 ....
Health benefits of evening classes revealed
Research
20 September 2016
Those with a taste for adult education classes have long known it, but now Oxford University scientists have confirmed that taking part in the weekly sessions can boost wellbeing – regardless of the subject studied.
Trial offers hope of a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
Research
20 September 2016
A research team led by the University of Oxford has found a promising treatment for degenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a leading genetic cause of child death.
Conclusions about the effects of electronic cigarettes remain the same
Research
19 September 2016
An updated Cochrane Review, led by a University of Oxford researcher, provides an independent, rigorous assessment of the best available evidence to date about electronic cigarettes for quitting smoking. The conclusions of this updated Review are unchanged since the last review was published two years ago: electronic cigarettes may help smokers stop their smoking, and the included studies did not find any serious side effects associated with their use for up to two years.
Largest UK trial of treatment for prostate cancer publishes first results
Research
19 September 2016
Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of its kind, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
£126.5 million for Oxford medical research
Awards and Appointments General Research
14 September 2016
The University of Oxford and local NHS partners have won £126.5 million to support medical research.
Research Software Developers Network
13 September 2016