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Medical Sciences Division News

Why do we need sleep? Oxford researchers find the answer may lie in mitochondria

New study uncovers how a metabolic “overload” in specialised brain cells triggers the need to sleep.

From practice to progress: Oxford’s NMAHPPs celebrate research that makes a difference

More than 225 of Oxford’s health and care professionals came together on 2nd July to share and celebrate research led and delivered by the area’s nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, pharmacists and clinical psychologists (NMAHPPs).

Certain chronic health conditions associated with increased risk of dementia – new study

Developing cardiovascular, mental health and neurological-related illnesses before the age of 70 is associated with a greater risk of dementia later in life, with the more of these conditions accumulated the greater the risk, according to a new study by the University of Oxford.

New £50m MRC Centre launched to study how environmental exposures cause chronic inflammatory diseases

A new Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence (MRC CoRE) will investigate how the environment interacts with our immune system to trigger chronic inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Study reveals how HIV-1 breaches the cell’s most guarded barrier

In a new study from NDM’s Division of Structural Biology, researchers have found out how HIV-1 breaches the cell’s most guarded barrier, revealing the determinants that control the nuclear import of HIV-1.