Oxford Pain: Latest News
- February 2026 - Free Public Talk - Can electrodes in the brain treat chronic pain? Upcoming Events – NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
- January 2026 - Researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London have developed a proof-of-concept treatment that uses focused ultrasound to trigger the formation of a spinal disc implant from an injected material, with precise control over when and where it forms. The work, published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, brings together expertise from Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, and Imperial’s Sir Michael Uren Hub. Led by Dr Veerle Brans and Dr Anna Constantinou, with collaborators including Dr Nic Newell, Dr Matthew Kibble, Dr Michael Gray and Professor Dame Molly Stevens, the team showed early success restoring cushioning in damaged discs - monitored in real time using sound. A promising step towards minimally invasive treatments for one of the world’s leading causes of disability. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSxaFKPDOAP/
- November 2025 - Oxford researchers to redefine new human-based research models of pain — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
- October 2025 - New Oxford-led project aims to revolutionise chronic pain treatment | University of Oxford
- August 2025 - Chronic pain research breakthrough identifies promising drug target — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
- October 2024 - NDCN pain research highlighted in 'The Future with Hannah Fry'
- September 2023 - PAINCAST: A new collaborative podcast exploring the experience of neuropathic pain — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences