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Left: Shown is a three-dimensional image of a kidney biopsy. Right: Important anatomical landmarks such as tubule, which is shown in gray and a glomerulus, which is a tiny network of blood vessels that is responsible for filtering the blood.

3DxN - Better understanding of disease through multi-modal imaging

Engineers and healthcare scientists from the University of Oxford and the University of Cape Town, South Africa, have come together to improve technologies for diagnosing disease and furthering our understanding of fundamental processes of disease. By advancing three-dimensional imaging of tissue at the microscopic scale, tissue-based analysis of changes in gene expression, and artificial intelligence methodologies, the team aims to generate new insights from tissue samples into health and disease.

The Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences hosts international workshop to advance therapeutic discovery in chondrosarcoma

Researchers, clinicians, industry partners, bone cancer charities and patients recently gathered at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, for the inaugural ‘Oxford Workshop on Systems Biology and Therapeutic Approaches in Chondrosarcoma’. The event brought together expertise across research and clinical care with the long-term aim to improve outcomes for patients with chondrosarcoma.

Blood samples in a hospital environment

Oxford scientists devise method to speed up diagnosis of bloodstream infections

Scientists in Oxford have developed a faster way to identify the organisms causing bloodstream infections and to predict antibiotic resistance using rapid DNA sequencing, a move that could improve the care of sepsis patients in hospital and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. Up to 245,000 people develop sepsis each year in the UK, and 48,000 die as a result.

Global study of HIV variants underscores challenges for vaccine development

The largest-ever study mapping genetic variants of HIV-1 around the world over the past 35 years shows that the regional distribution of different subtypes of the virus continues to evolve, posing a challenge to prevention and treatment efforts.

Dozens of participants seated and standing at the event in the Seminar Room at the Department of Psychiatry to mark 50 years of the Oxford Self-harm Monitoring System. Emeritus Professor Keith Hawton is pictured third from right on the front row.

The 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Self-harm Monitoring System

Influential and impactful Oxford Self-harm Monitoring System had been in place, and continuously funded, for 50 years.

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