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First trimester placental scan - Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award
17 June 2021
A first trimester 3D placental ultrasound scan which can predict fetal growth restriction and pre-eclampsia, could become part of a woman's routine care thanks to a new Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award.
Impaired antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination in patients with myeloid blood cancers
17 June 2021
Oxford researchers have found that antibody responses to the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in people with chronic myeloid blood cancers are not as strong as those among the general population.
Treating Needle Fears May Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rates by 10%
16 June 2021
A new large-scale study shows that a quarter of the UK adult population screens positive for a potential injection phobia.
RECOVERY trial Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody combination reduces deaths for hospitalised COVID-19 patients
16 June 2021
The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial has demonstrated that the investigational antibody combination developed by Regeneron reduces the risk of death when given to patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 who have not mounted a natural antibody response of their own.
Major new study could help protect millions of people with type 2 diabetes from cardiovascular disease
15 June 2021
A new study led by the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford will research whether a daily tablet could help protect the millions of people worldwide with type 2 diabetes from developing cardiovascular disease.