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Action needed to ensure research is carried out ethically in global health emergencies
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
28 January 2020
Governments, funders, and research bodies must take action to ensure that research is undertaken ethically during global health emergencies, says a new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
Professor Hugh Watkins shortlisted for £30m British Heart Foundation research prize
Awards and Appointments General Research
23 January 2020
A project led by Professor Hugh Watkins at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine is one of the four projects on the shortlist of four research projects competing for a single £30 million award from the British Heart Foundation.
Oxford alumni startups receive €4M for brain health
Awards and Appointments General Innovation Research
23 January 2020
Two University of Oxford alumni-led startups, iLoF and Pipra, secured funding in excess of €4M from the European Institute of Technology for Health (EIT Health).
Funding success for liver cancer early detection
General Research
23 January 2020
Professor Ellie Barnes and her team win a prestigious Cancer Research UK Early Detection Programme Award to research the earlier detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Clinical research federation responding to the Wuhan novel coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
22 January 2020
The International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) is adapting its existing tools, designed for emerging respiratory pathogens, for the current outbreak of global significance. This is an international resource for facilitating the collection of standardised clinical data on patients hospitalised with suspected or confirmed infection with novel coronavirus.
Study reveals how cancer cells use bone marrow fat for growth and survival
General Research
22 January 2020
As society battles with an obesity epidemic, new research from the Edwards Group (Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences / Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences) shows how increased body fat contributes to cancer establishment and progression.
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences launch new journal
General Research
22 January 2020
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has launched a new journal showcasing case reports written by medical students at the University of Oxford during their surgical attachment.
Oxford researchers test ‘Viagra’ drug to prevent recurrent strokes
General Research
20 January 2020
Researchers in Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) have begun a clinical trial to assess whether the drug sildenafil could improve blood flow to the brain.
Lifetime suicide risk factors identified
General Research
17 January 2020
A new review by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry of previous studies into suicide worldwide has highlighted the effects of individual and environmental risk factors over a lifetime.
Timothy Behrens and Eleanor Stride recognised in prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Awards and Appointments General Research
15 January 2020
Two Medical Sciences Division scientists have been recognised in The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, the largest unrestricted cash prizes available to scientists under the age of 42.
Malnutrition linked with increased risk of Zika birth defects
General Research
15 January 2020
The severity of Zika virus-related deformations in babies has been shown to be affected by environmental factors such as maternal nutrition.
Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK
General Research
14 January 2020
There was a 29% reduction in the total amount of sugar sold in soft drinks in the UK between 2015 and 2018, despite an increase in sales of soft drinks by volume of 7%, according to new research from Nuffield Department of Population Health.
New heart disease drug to be made available to NHS patients through ground-breaking collaboration
General Innovation Research
14 January 2020
Up to 30,000 lives could be saved over the next decade thanks to a proposed pioneering government collaboration with pharmaceutical company Novartis to tackle heart disease – a leading cause of death in the UK.
Determining the atomic structure of bacterial surface proteins in situ
General Research
14 January 2020
Researchers in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, together with colleagues from across Oxford, have successfully obtained a structure of the surface layer from Gram-negative bacteria, bound to the cell membrane via long sugars called lipopolysaccharide or endotoxin, by applying novel electron tomography techniques.
New target identified to help prevent dangerous heart rhythms after heart attack
General Research
9 January 2020
For many years, we have been using beta-blockers to neutralise a specific stress hormone and prevent dangerous heart rhythms following a heart attack. However, a new study led Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) and published in the European Heart Journal has uncovered evidence for an additional stress hormone acting as a key trigger for dangerous heart rhythms that is not currently targeted by these drugs.
Removing body clock gene protects mice against pneumonia
General Research
9 January 2020
Removing the clock gene BMAL1 makes bacteria-engulfing defence cells in the body more effective, a new study from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine has found.
Biomarker predicts which patients with heart failure have a higher risk of dying
General Research
8 January 2020
UCLA researchers in collaboration with Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics researchers have identified a biomarker for increased risk of early mortality in patients with heart failure. Associate Professor Neil Herring is senior author.
Mobile Malaria Project team begin their journey
Research
1 April 2019
The Mobile Malaria Project team, led by Dr George Busby from University of Oxford, will travel over 6,300km across Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya to investigate the challenges facing those on the front line of malaria control in Africa – where 90 per cent of the world’s cases occur.
Vaccine developed to treat osteoarthritic pain
General Research
13 March 2019
Researchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the effects of the main cause of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) - nerve growth factor (NGF) – in mice.
Scientists catch heartbeat ‘molecular switch’ in action
General Research
8 February 2019
Oxford University Radcliffe Department of Medicine researchers have developed a new method that uses a protein originally found in marine corals to visualise the flow of calcium that makes the heart beat.