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\n \n\n \n13 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA comprehensive new analysis has found that nicotine e-cigarettes, varenicline and cytisine are the most effective options currently available for helping smokers quit long-term (going at least six months without smoking).
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\n \n\n \n12 September 2023
\n \n \n \nPolycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition which affects how the ovaries work, is thought to affect 20% of women worldwide. Yet despite how common the condition is, and the serious effect it has on women\u2019s health, researchers still aren\u2019t completely sure what causes PCOS \u2013 let alone how best to manage and treat the condition.
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\n \n\n \n8 September 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Nuffield Department of Population Health have found that having poor metabolic health was related to an increased risk of developing dementia in a study of more than 176,000 individuals.
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\n \n\n \n5 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA new study led by the Mead Group in the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) has demonstrated a previously unknown effect of chronic inflammation on TP53-mutant haematopoietic stem cells.
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\n \n\n \n4 September 2023
\n \n \n \nHigh levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including \u2018brain fog\u2019, giving a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots.
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\n \n\n \n30 August 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Herman Waldmann FMedSci (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology) is one of four Oxford University researchers recognised today by the Royal Society.
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\n \n\n \n25 August 2023
\n \n \n \nA team of researchers at the University of Oxford, led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, have developed a new model that reliably predicts a woman's likelihood of developing and then dying of breast cancer within a decade.
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\n \n\n \n15 August 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have developed a new tool to predict people\u2019s risks of getting oesophageal cancer in the next ten years.
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\n \n\n \n11 August 2023
\n \n \n \nIn a pan-cancer analysis spanning 24 different cancer types, Department of Oncology researchers shed light on the critical role of SETD2 in tumourigenesis.
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\n \n\n \n11 August 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have found that a brief form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for insomnia, delivered by nurses in GP surgeries, significantly improves sleep and quality of life compared to sleep hygiene alone.
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\n \n\n \n7 August 2023
\n \n \n \nA team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have achieved a significant breakthrough in detecting modifications on protein structures. The method, published in Nature Nanotechnology, employs innovative nanopore technology to identify structural variations at the single-molecule level, even deep within long protein chains.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2023
\n \n \n \nThe liver transplant team at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) has successfully recruited the first liver to be used in a revolutionary new study \u2014 looking at whether fat can be removed from donor livers to make them suitable for transplantation. The study is being run from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) at the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n3 August 2023
\n \n \n \nResearch into the onset and progression of diseases affecting musculoskeletal soft tissues could be greatly advanced using novel 3D models say researchers in Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, in a review published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
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\n \n\n \n31 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Sir Aziz Sheikh has been appointed to succeed Professor Richard Hobbs CBE as Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Head of Department from August 2024.
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\n \n\n \n28 July 2023
\n \n \n \nContainment measures introduced to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in a sustained reduction in the transmission of certain bacteria that cause diseases such as meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia, according to a new study published in The Lancet Digital Health by the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance (IRIS) Consortium.
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\n \n\n \n24 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford-developed, Serum Institute of India PvT Ltd (SIIPL) manufactured and scaled up R21/Matrix-MTM malaria vaccine, leveraging Novavax\u2019s adjuvant technology, has been licensed for use in Burkina Faso by the country\u2019s regulatory agency, Agence Nationale de la Regulation Pharmaceutique (ANRP).
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2023
\n \n \n \nThe Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a A$20 billion fund to support Australian health and medical research. It was set up in 2015 to deliver practical benefits from medical research and innovation to as many Australians as possible.
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2023
\n \n \n \nWe know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But exactly how much impact does the food we eat have on environmental outcomes and what difference would following a vegan diet make compared to consuming a high meat, or even low meat diet?
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\n \n\n \n18 July 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford researchers have been given a \u00a31 million boost to support their strategy of developing cancer prevention treatments and early diagnostic tools for people at high risk of cancer.
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