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\n \n\n \n12 January 2024
\n \n \n \nFirst clinical trial participants received doses of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine over the last week at University of Oxford. UK trial is first step to developing a vaccine against Nipah virus \u2013 a devastating disease mostly found in South-East Asia \u2013 that can be fatal in up to 75% of cases. The milestone clinical trial comes as the global health community marks the 25th anniversary of the first Nipah virus outbreaks. There are still no approved vaccines or treatments for the disease.
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\n \n\n \n12 January 2024
\n \n \n \nA recent study has revealed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing long COVID
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\n \n\n \n11 January 2024
\n \n \n \nResearch led by scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Copenhagen, Bristol and California (Berkeley) reveals the evolutionary origins of multiple sclerosis (MS). This new insight into the genetic architecture of this disease changes scientists\u2019 view of its causes and has implications for its treatment, as well as paving the way for further investigations into other diseases.
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\n \n\n \n8 January 2024
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit and Oxford University\u2019s Department of Computer Science have set out a new principle to explain how the brain adjusts connections between neurons during learning. This new insight may guide further research on learning in brain networks and may inspire faster and more robust learning algorithms in artificial intelligence.
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\n \n\n \n8 January 2024
\n \n \n \nSelective mutism is an anxiety disorder characterised by a consistent pattern of silence in specific social situations where speech is expected (for example, at school or work) while the person is able to speak comfortably in other situations.
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\n \n\n \n19 December 2023
\n \n \n \nA ground-breaking study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, reveals a significant association between 74 early-life diseases and the likelihood of remaining childless throughout one's life, with 33 of these diseases prevalent in both women and men.
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\n \n\n \n15 December 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the the Departments of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, has demonstrated that diverse communities of resident bacteria can protect the human gut from disease-causing microorganisms. The researchers found that protective communities block the growth of harmful pathogens by consuming nutrients that the pathogen needs. The findings, published today in the journal Science, could help to develop new strategies to optimise gut health.
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\n \n\n \n15 December 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine's Laboratory of Gene Regulation, led by Professor Doug Higgs and Dr Mira Kassouf have published a study in the journal Cell, in which they reveal another piece of the puzzle of how the code in our DNA is read. In this study, the authors introduce the concept of \u201cfacilitators\u201d, a newly identified type of non-coding DNA that can help to drive gene expression.
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\n \n\n \n15 December 2023
\n \n \n \nAn international team of scientists led by geneticists and disease biologists from the University of Oxford and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen (LMU) have used ancient DNA to trace the evolution of Marek's Disease Virus (MDV). This global pathogen causes fatal infections in unvaccinated chickens and costs the poultry industry over $1 billion per year. The findings, published today in the journal Science, show how viruses evolve to become more virulent and could lead to the development of better ways to treat viral infections.
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\n \n\n \n13 December 2023
\n \n \n \nTransdermal sampling \u2013 collecting blood through the skin \u2013 is a reliable alternative to taking blood samples from a vein with a needle in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D), new research has found.
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\n \n\n \n13 December 2023
\n \n \n \nThe European Union Horizon Europe (with joint funding from UK Research Innovation) has awarded NetZeroAICT Consortium major funding to develop a novel technology with great potentials to promote climate neutral and sustainable health care.
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\n \n\n \n13 December 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford Vaccine Group (OVG), which led the rapid clinical development of the Oxford vaccine in COVID-19 in the pandemic, has been awarded a total of \u00a37,788,783 by UK Aid for research into the prevention of five dangerous diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential. The awards will fund research into vaccines against: Chikungunya and mayaro virus, Marburg virus, Plague (Yersinia pestis), Q Fever (Coxiella burneti) and Sudan Ebolavirus.
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\n \n\n \n11 December 2023
\n \n \n \nThe first patient in Oxfordshire has been treated in an mRNA cancer vaccine trial at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust (OUH). The trial, led locally by Dr Ketan Shah, consultant clinical oncologist at OUH, marks a significant milestone in the national cancer vaccine advance.
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\n \n\n \n8 December 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study published in The Lancet Microbe has found that the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between different bacteria is considerably more widespread than previously thought.
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\n \n\n \n7 December 2023
\n \n \n \nRadcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM) group awarded \u00a32.55 million for diabetes research.
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\n \n\n \n5 December 2023
\n \n \n \nResearch carried out at the University of Oxford has led to the development of a new blood-based test to identify the pathology that triggers Parkinson\u2019s disease before the main symptoms occur. This could allow clinicians to screen for those individuals at high risk of developing the disease and facilitate the timely introduction of precision therapies that are currently at clinical trial stage.
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\n \n\n \n4 December 2023
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\n \n\n \n1 December 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the University of Oxford has shed light on why certain species of bacteria carry astonishing arsenals of weapons. The new findings, published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, could help us to engineer microbes that can destroy deadly pathogens, reducing our reliance on antibiotics.
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\n \n\n \n30 November 2023
\n \n \n \nTwo professorships in translational medicine have been endowed at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology thanks to a generous gift from the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research.
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\n \n\n \n29 November 2023
\n \n \n \nWhile most remote GP consultations are safe, the 'Remote by Default' study finds that GP consultations conducted remotely carry more risk for patients with some urgent conditions.
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