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Exosomes are more diverse than we previously thought: implications for disease diagnosis and management
5 June 2026
A new opinion article published in Trends in Cell Biology explores how tiny packages released by cells, known as exosomes, could help researchers better understand disease and may one day support new approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
Pioneering study sets out to answer and address why osteoarthritis impacts patients differently
3 June 2026
Researchers from the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) are playing leading roles in a major new UK-wide research consortium aiming to improve treatment and outcomes for people living with osteoarthritis.
New type of inhibitor could help tackle resistance against ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
3 June 2026
Researchers from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) have identified a new class of molecule that could help protect ‘last-resort’ antibiotics from bacterial resistance, and reduce the amount of antibiotics needed to treat infections by up to 32 times.
Largest study of knee osteoarthritis tissue reveals the core biological pathways underlying osteoarthritis
2 June 2026
A major international study led by researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford has found that osteoarthritis (OA) – the most common form of arthritis worldwide – is not a collection of separate diseases, as many scientists had previously speculated, but rather a single condition with common core underlying biological pathways.
New study shows the brain uses brief, slow rhythms to organise how memories are formed, stored, and later recalled
1 June 2026
A new study from the University of Oxford and le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has shown that the brain uses rhythms for brain cell impulses to coordinate activity across memory-related regions in the brain during learning and help reactivate those experiences afterwards, strengthening what we remember.