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\n \n\n \n9 March 2020
\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology have identified a mechanism by which the rod-shaped bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can evade antibiotics by surrounding its cells with a self-made protective casing.
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\n \n\n \n9 March 2020
\n \n \n \nHow individuals respond to government advice on preventing the spread of COVID-19 will be at least as important, if not more important, than government action, according to a new commentary from researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London in the UK, and Utrecht University and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2020
\n \n \n \nResearch into strokes and vascular dementia has taken a major step forward following the official opening of the Wolfson Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia (CPSD) in Oxford, based at the new Wolfson Building at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2020
\n \n \n \nPre-clinical Medicine Undergraduate students Kacper Kurzyp, Rafee Ahmed and Oliver Bredemeyer achieved Oxford University's best ever performance in The National Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Competition at the University of Southampton.
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2020
\n \n \n \nIn this episode of the Big Questions podcast, we find out how Dr Tingting Zhu (Department of Engineering Science) is using a machine learning algorithm to diagnose heart attacks faster.
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\n \n\n \n5 March 2020
\n \n \n \nDr Nessa Carey will lead the strategic development and implementation of the Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) programme in Medical Sciences, laying the foundation of a world-class innovation support ecosystem capable of accelerating the translation of world-leading research into innovative therapies, business and commercial products.
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\n \n\n \n4 March 2020
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that Professor KJ Patel has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit at the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n27 February 2020
\n \n \n \nApplications are invited for the 2020 Jill and Herbert Hunt Travelling Scholarship to support travel abroad for clinical study or research from graduates of the Oxford University Medical School.
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\n \n\n \n26 February 2020
\n \n \n \nThe results of a first-in-human clinical trial of gene therapy to treat a common cause of genetic blindness have shown partial reversal of sight loss in some patients.
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\n \n\n \n25 February 2020
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\n \n\n \n24 February 2020
\n \n \n \nResearchers from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford have found that while having high cholesterol levels does not influence your risk of aortic or mitral valve regurgitation, it does increase your risk of developing another major heart valve disease - aortic stenosis.
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\n \n\n \n21 February 2020
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2020
\n \n \n \nA study from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine has found that the Athena SWAN scheme tackles multiple factors more comprehensively than other initiatives.
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2020
\n \n \n \nNine projects from the Medical Sciences Division have received funding in the latest round of the Public Engagement with Research Seed Fund for innovative projects to engage the public with medical research.
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\n \n\n \n19 February 2020
\n \n \n \nA photography exhibition showcasing ground-breaking NHS research taking place across the Thames Valley has been launched in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n19 February 2020
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\n \n\n \n18 February 2020
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\n \n\n \n14 February 2020
\n \n \n \nEleanor Stride (Department of Engineering Science and the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science) has taken an unconventional path to becoming one of Britain\u2019s leading scientists. In a new Oxford Science Blog, she tells Sarah Whitebloom how she moved from dance to design and onto biomedical science, but being a 'woman in science' is not one of the identities she seeks.
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\n \n\n \n13 February 2020
\n \n \n \nIn a new Oxford Science Blog, Charvy Narain (Communications & Public Engagement Manager, Radcliffe Department of Medicine) talks to some of the Oxford University researchers coming together to fight the novel Coronavirus outbreak.
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