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Oxford team publish blueprint for making millions of doses of a new vaccine within 100 days
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
22 December 2021
The University of Oxford’s vaccine manufacturing research team has today published a pre-print paper demonstrating the feasibility of a step change in the speed and volume of production of adenovirus-vectored vaccines against new virus variants or other future pandemics.
Alan Davidson Foundation supports ground-breaking Motor Neurone Disease research
General Research
22 December 2021
A £210,000 donation from the Alan Davidson Foundation (ADF) has been made to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) to advance the University’s world leading research into Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The funding will support a project manager for three years to deliver an innovative research project using the genetic causes of MND to develop approaches to early diagnosis and eventually, prevention of all forms of MND.
Research finds drug may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
17 December 2021
A proof-of-concept trial involving Oxford researchers has identified a drug that may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia.
New Oxford-Zeiss Centre of Excellence opens at the University of Oxford
General
17 December 2021
The Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology and the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine announce the launch of the Oxford-Zeiss Centre of Excellence, providing state-of-the-art imaging technologies to lead future discoveries in global health and disease.
Many Long COVID patients continue to experience symptoms one year after hospital discharge
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
16 December 2021
People who were hospitalised with COVID-19 and continued to experience symptoms five months later, show limited further recovery one year after hospital discharge according to the latest results of a major national study.
Protein test could lead to earlier and better diagnosis of Parkinson’s
General Research
15 December 2021
Scientists at the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) have been able to use a highly-sensitive method called α-synuclein real-time quaking-induced conversion (αSyn-RT-QuIC) to observe the clumping of alpha-synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) taken from people with Parkinson’s. The findings offer hope that a pioneering new clinical test could be developed to diagnose Parkinson’s correctly in its early stages.
£50m funding for Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building at Oxford University
General
15 December 2021
The Poonawalla Vaccines Research Building is to be established at Oxford University following £50m funding commitment from Serum Life Sciences.
New resistance-busting antibiotic combination could extend the use of ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
General Research
14 December 2021
Scientists have discovered a new potential treatment that has the ability to reverse antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause conditions such as sepsis, pneumonia, and urinary tract infections.
Vaccines shown to induce lower levels of neutralising antibodies against Omicron coronavirus variant
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
13 December 2021
Researchers from the University of Oxford have analysed the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one of the immune responses generated by vaccination.
RECOVERY Trial launches in South Africa
Clinical Trials Coronavirus COVID-19 General
13 December 2021
The world’s largest clinical trial investigating treatments for COVID-19 has now launched in South Africa, with the first patient recruited today. This is the fifth country to take part in RECOVERY, joining Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom.
Professor Carol Robinson receives two awards
Awards and Appointments General
9 December 2021
Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery’s first Director, Professor Dame Carol Robinson has been awarded a prestigious 2022 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert delivers 44th Dimbleby Lecture
Coronavirus COVID-19 General
7 December 2021
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Saïd Professorship of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute & Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, delivered the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, named after the late broadcaster, Richard Dimbleby.
Com-COV2 study supports flexible second dose options following Pfizer or Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
7 December 2021
Following up first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines with second doses of the Moderna or Novavax jabs will generate robust immune responses against COVID-19, according to researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study.
December 2021 - Volunteer Opportunities
7 December 2021
Meta must do better - data from social media giant essential to mental health research
General Research
6 December 2021
People are rightly sceptical about scientific discoveries made in secret or without scrutiny. And anyone claiming to have found a new planet with a toy telescope, would not be taken seriously. Recent leaks of internal Facebook research on the mental health of children and young people have caused a great stir on both sides of the Atlantic.
Angelman syndrome: first patient to receive potential therapy in Oxford
General Research
3 December 2021
Things that seemed impossible, only a few years ago, are happening today. The first patient in Europe and one of the first in the world was injected with a potential treatment, GTX-102, in a phase I/II clinical trial in Oxford.
New Oxford-GSK Institute to harness advanced technology and unravel mechanisms of disease
General Innovation
3 December 2021
GlaxoSmithKline plc and the University of Oxford today announced a major five-year collaboration to establish the Oxford-GSK Institute of Molecular and Computational Medicine.
Oxford researchers honoured by British Society for Immunology
Awards and Appointments Coronavirus COVID-19 General
3 December 2021
Four researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology, with the awards being announced at the recent British Society for Immunology Congress held in Edinburgh.