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New study finds that politicians typically enjoy longer lives than general populations
General Research
24 June 2022
New data show politicians have a considerable survival advantage over general populations, based on information from 11 countries and over 57,500 politicians. In some countries this survival advantage is at the highest level for 150 years, and life expectancy at age 45 was found to be around seven years higher for politicians compared to general populations in certain countries.
Five ways the pandemic has affected routine medical care
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
24 June 2022
Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID has infected at least a third of the UK population and is estimated to have factored in the deaths of almost 200,000 people in the UK. But critically, COVID has also had a devastating impact on our healthcare systems. While this was expected, new evidence is beginning to reveal the scope of the issue – in particular the effects for people living with long-term health conditions.
Clinical trials for a malaria vaccine start in Mali and Indonesia
General Research
21 June 2022
Sanaria Inc. announced that two new Phase 2 trials of its pioneering malaria vaccines have started. The first is in 6- to 10-year-old children living in Bancoumana, Mali, a malarious region of West Africa. The second is in Indonesian soldiers based in Sumatra, Indonesia. The soldiers will be deploying for six to nine months this coming August to an intensely malarious district in eastern Indonesia.
Researchers discover novel form of adaptation in the auditory system
General Research
21 June 2022
Researchers in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) have found that the auditory system adapts to the changing acoustics of reverberant environments by temporally shifting the inhibitory tuning of cortical neurons to remove reverberation.
20 minutes of daily exercise can keep teens' doctors away
General Research
20 June 2022
Teenagers should exercise vigorously for at least 20 minutes per day to reap increased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), according to a cross-sectional study from the UK led by University of Oxford researchers.
Mechanism of expanding bacteria revealed
General Research
20 June 2022
A new study published in Nature has identified a potential Achilles heel in the protective layers surrounding Gram-negative bacteria that could aid in the development of next-generation antibiotics.
Discovery of gene involved in chronic pain creates new treatment target
General Research
15 June 2022
Oxford researchers have discovered a gene that regulates pain sensitisation by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord, helping them to understand an important mechanism underlying chronic pain in humans and providing a new treatment target.
Oxford's largest ever study into Varicose veins shows need for surgery is linked to genetics
General Research
14 June 2022
A new international study by Oxford researchers published in Nature Communications establishes for the first time, a critical genetic risk score to predict the likelihood of patients suffering with Varicose veins to require surgery, as well as pointing the way towards potential new therapies.
Biological processes of ageing is key to improving later life health
General Research
9 June 2022
Improvements in health care, sanitation, and diet over last 100 years have significantly increased life expectancy. However, this increase in how long we can expect to live has not been accompanied by a similar increase in healthy life expectancy, defined as the time spent free of major illness or disease.
Multiple heart-related conditions linked to triple dementia risk regardless of genetics
General Research
9 June 2022
Having multiple conditions that affect the heart are linked to a greater risk of dementia than having high genetic risk, according to a largescale new study co-led by the University of Oxford.
Higher rate of COVID-19 death before vaccination linked to certain common inflammatory immune conditions
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
9 June 2022
People with certain inflammatory immune conditions affecting the joints, bowel and skin, such as rheumatoid arthritis, may have been more at risk of dying or needing hospital care if they got COVID-19 before vaccination compared with the general population, according to a new study published in The Lancet Rheumatology with the involvement of researchers from the University of Oxford.
Collaborative team driven by DPAG and Chemistry awarded RSC Horizon Prize
Awards and Appointments General Research
7 June 2022
The Molecular Flow Sensor Team, with collaborating members principally from DPAG’s Robbins and Talbot groups and the Department of Chemistry, has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) Analytical Division Horizon Prize for the development of a new technology for measuring lung function.
Oxford expands the Cartography collaboration with Janssen
General Innovation Research
6 June 2022
The University of Oxford announced today that it has expanded a strategic collaboration with Janssen Biotech, Inc., one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The agreement was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Doctoral research funding initiative launched to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Funding Opportunities General Research
1 June 2022
Funding to train the next generation of cutting-edge antimicrobial resistance researchers has been announced by Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI), the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge.
Museum of Natural History to showcase Science Together community-researcher collaborations
General Research
1 June 2022
Explore Science Together event at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Tuesday 7 June.
Long COVID: vaccination could reduce symptoms, new research suggests
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
27 May 2022
While evidence suggests that people who are vaccinated before they get COVID are less likely to develop long COVID than unvaccinated people, the effectiveness of vaccination on existing long COVID has been less clear.
Com-COV vaccine study to research third dose booster options for 12-to-15-year-olds
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
26 May 2022
Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV programme have launched a further study of COVID-19 vaccination schedules in young people aged 12 to 15 – with a focus on assessing different options for a third dose booster vaccination.
Population-scale study highlights ongoing risk of COVID-19 in some cancer patients despite vaccination
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
24 May 2022
COVID-19 vaccination is effective in most cancer patients, but the level of protection against COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation and death offered by the vaccine is less than in the general population and vaccine effectiveness wanes more quickly.
Tinnitus seems linked with sleep – understanding how could bring us closer to finding a cure
General Research
23 May 2022
New reporting guidelines developed to improve AI in healthcare settings
General Research
19 May 2022
New reporting guidelines, jointly published in Nature Medicine and the BMJ by Oxford researchers, will ensure that early studies on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to treat real patients will give researchers the information needed to develop AI systems safely and effectively.