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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How moving dots are helping us learn more about dyslexia in children – new research
General Research
25 November 2021
New research highlights importance of early years development on future wellbeing
General Research
25 November 2021
Oxford researchers involved nearly 4,000 children across the UK in three specially developed science lessons to educate pupils about brain development during early childhood. The SEEN (Secondary Education around Early Neurodevelopment) project was commissioned and funded by KindredSquared and is part of a wider drive to increase public understanding of how early experiences can shape the adults we become.
Study reveals ‘stop-eating’ response to DNA damage
General Research
24 November 2021
A new study from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine sheds light on the mechanism by which DNA damage suppresses appetite, a finding with implications for understanding the appetite lowering side-effects of chemotherapy.
World’s first cancer prevention trial to test diabetes drug in patients with high-risk genetic condition
General Research
23 November 2021
Oxford researchers will lead a £2m national cancer prevention trial to assess the benefit a diabetes drug has in patients with Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), a genetic condition that impacts 1 in 20,000 people worldwide and puts them at a 70-90% lifetime risk of cancer.
Oxford-led research maps milestone stage of human development for the first time
General Research
18 November 2021
Scientists have shed light on an important stage of early embryonic development that has never been fully mapped out in humans before.
Overusing antibiotics? Find out with Antibiotic Footprint Calculator
General Research
18 November 2021
To help reduce the overuse of antibiotics, Oxford researchers today released a new, easy to use online tool – Antibiotic Footprint Calculator – that could make an important contribution in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the world’s most significant emerging threats to public health.
$2m fund awarded for Oxford’s single-cell ancestry vaccine research
General Research
17 November 2021
The University of Oxford is to benefit from $2 million (£1.49 million) in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to investigate how our ancestry and diversity influence the way that vaccines work in our cells.
New research reveals link between ankle pain and onset of knee osteoarthritis
General Research
16 November 2021
A new study published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open could help improve the lives of people at risk of developing knee osteoarthritis.
Global antibiotic consumption rates increased by 46 percent since 2000
General Research
16 November 2021
Antibiotic consumption rates grew by 46 percent after 2000, according to findings which also suggest lack of treatment access in some areas.
Oxford vaccine reaches two billion dose milestone
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
16 November 2021
Researchers explain how unprecedented manufacturing strategy provides a template for future global vaccine supply.
Arm and shoulder disability and pain after breast cancer surgery reduced by exercise
General Research
15 November 2021
The debilitating arm and shoulder disability and pain that some women who have had breast cancer surgery experience as a side effect of their surgery can be reduced by following a physiotherapy-led exercise programme after their operation, a new study has found.