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New vaccines centre to protect UK from pandemic threats
Innovation Research
4 December 2018
The UK’s first dedicated Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC), announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark MP, represents a major commercial opportunity and also a new front line in the nation’s defence against global pandemic threats.
Global map of HIV reveals challenge to vaccine development
Research
4 December 2018
A study to be published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on World AIDS Day shows the extraordinary global genetic diversity of HIV and highlights just how big the challenge is to develop a vaccine to combat the global spread of HIV.
Experimental cancer drug shows promise for Parkinson’s
Research
4 December 2018
A drug originally developed for prostate cancer may have exciting potential for treating Parkinson’s.
Over half of former intensive care patients in the UK report symptoms of psychological disorders
Research
23 November 2018
Patients in the UK who have survived critical illnesses requiring care in an intensive care unit (ICU) frequently report symptoms of anxiety, PTSD and/or depression, according to a study published in open access journal Critical Care. Those reporting symptoms of depression after critical illness appear to be at a greater risk of death.
Modified virus used to kill cancer cells
Research
23 November 2018
Scientists have equipped a virus that kills carcinoma cells with a protein so it can also target and kill adjacent cells that are tricked into shielding the cancer from the immune system.
Machine learning can be used to predict which patients require emergency admission
Research
23 November 2018
Machine learning can help healthcare workers predict whether patients may require emergency hospital admission, new study has shown.
Structural study of antibiotic opens the way for new TB treatments
Research
16 November 2018
New analysis of the structure and function of the naturally-occurring antimicrobial agent tunicamycin has revealed ways to produce new, safe antibiotics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other disease-causing bacteria.
Uncovering the whole story in diabetes
General Research
16 November 2018
Insulin is only half the story in what goes awry in diabetes...
Smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure put women at higher heart attack risk than men
Research
13 November 2018
Smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure increase the risk of a heart attack more in women than in men, new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
New paper shows how transcription terminates with the help of a phosphatase
Research
13 November 2018
New research from Lidia Vasilieva's lab in the Department of Biochemistry sheds light on how transcription termination in eukaryotes is controlled.
Lowering the blood platelet transfusion threshold can prevent major bleeding in premature babies
Research
8 November 2018
Five ways to encourage people to reduce their meat intake – without them even realising
Research
6 November 2018
More action needed to prevent maternal deaths across the UK
Research
2 November 2018
There has been an increase in the number of women dying during pregnancy or in the six weeks after the end of pregnancy in the UK, according to a new report produced by researchers from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford.
Group therapy most effective treatment for anxiety in young people
Research
2 November 2018
Group-based talking therapies shown to be most effective treatment for young people with anxiety disorders.
Treatment for moderately high blood pressure may be best saved for those at high risk
Research
30 October 2018
The largest study of people with mild hypertension shows that medical treatment may not be worthwhile in those who are at low risk of heart attack and stroke.
Provide basic health services in villages to eliminate malaria, say researchers in Myanmar
Research
26 October 2018
The incidence of malaria cases continued to drop dramatically in rural and remote Myanmar villages after community workers trained only to detect and treat malaria began providing basic health care as well as malaria services, say University of Oxford affiliated researchers. Adding the health services to malaria control benefitted the villagers access to health and improved malaria services – paving the way for malaria elimination.
Brexit diet could lead to 5,600 deaths a year as fresh fruit and veg prices shoot up
Research
26 October 2018
Bacterial World exhibition launches at the Oxford Museum of Natural History
Research
23 October 2018
The new exhibition explores the influence of bacteria in our lives.
First genetic analysis of brain function and structure using UK Biobank imaging data yields exciting results
Research
12 October 2018
Oxford scientists report exciting new insights into the structure and function of the brain using genetic information and detailed brain images from UK Biobank