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\n \n\n \n2 October 2023
\n \n \n \nThe highly effective vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, leveraging Novavax\u2019s adjuvant is critical to reducing over half a million malaria-related deaths annually.
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\n \n\n \n25 September 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) have found a protein to block the growth of cancer stem-like cells as a possible treatment for pancreatic cancer.
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\n \n\n \n25 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.
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\n \n\n \n25 September 2023
\n \n \n \nYoung people\u2019s mental health deteriorated during COVID-19, with higher levels of depression and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties than before the pandemic hit, a comprehensive new study has shown.
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\n \n\n \n21 September 2023
\n \n \n \nThe index establishes clusters through analysis of patent-filing activity and scientific article publication, documenting the geographical areas around the world with the highest density of inventors and scientific authors. This data forms part of the latest GII, which is due to be published in full later this month (Sept 27).
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\n \n\n \n20 September 2023
\n \n \n \nNew research from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, and the universities of Stirling and Aberdeen funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has shone a spotlight on the profound effect Long Covid can have on children and young people\u2019s school experience and wider lives.
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\n \n\n \n19 September 2023
\n \n \n \nThe UK trial is the next step in the development of a vaccine to protect people against MERS \u2013 a deadly viral illness with no current vaccines and the potential to cause a pandemic.
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\n \n\n \n18 September 2023
\n \n \n \nThe review, conducted jointly with researchers from Oxford University, the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, and the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton, included seven randomised controlled trials involving 2,464 women or couples who had been trying to conceive.
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\n \n\n \n18 September 2023
\n \n \n \nThe MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Nuffield Department of Population Health\u2019s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of Leicester\u2019s The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) research group, has published a \u2018State of the Nation\u2019 report on perinatal deaths in babies born in the UK in 2021.
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\n \n\n \n13 September 2023
\n \n \n \nA University of Oxford study has administered a new vaccine against tick-borne virus Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) to volunteers for the first time. Launched on the 4th of August 2023, the clinical trial of the ChAdOx2 CCHF vaccine aims to confirm its safety and understand how individuals develop immunity following vaccination.
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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 \n11 September 2023
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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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