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\n \n\n \n \n \nInnovate UK and industry are to invest more than \u00a317.5 million in the University of Oxford to develop artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications to benefit patients.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Andy Pearce, Director of Discovery Partnerships with Academia at GSK joins the scheme as a Drug Discovery and Development Expert
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford, in a new industry partnership with Axol Bioscience of Cambridge, have secured funding from the BBSRC to collaborate in creating human models of the cerebellum with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for studies of neurological disorders.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWhole-brain computer modelling reveals the effects of LSD on the human brain
\n \n\n\n \n 19 October 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed with support from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has been launched commercially.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new test that predicts with almost 100 per cent accuracy that a pregnant woman will not develop pre-eclampsia within the following seven days has been given the green light to be used as standard clinical practice in one of the UK\u2019s biggest acute hospital trusts.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPositive results of the world\u2019s first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia have been reported in Nature Medicine.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCaristo Diagnostics, an Oxford University spinout company, has been launched to commercialise a new coronary CT image analysis technology that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSubsidiaries of the Oxford University spinout, OxStem Immuno and OxStem Beta, will draw on research from the institution.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 September 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, has attended the inauguration of the Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford (NNRCO).
\n \n\n\n \n 6 September 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford\u2019s cutting-edge work in AI techniques that promise to transform healthcare has been showcased on BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxford University spinout will use the investment to further develop its exosome technology, capable of delivering drugs to previously inaccessible parts of the body.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nExperts at Oxford are teaming up with leading figures from industry to advance development of a gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA study published in The Lancet Psychiatry provides first evidence that psychological therapy can be successfully delivered in virtual reality (VR).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe app designed by researchers at the Department of Psychiatry to slow down negative thoughts of people with paranoia appeared on the BBC's The One Show. They revealed how one of the first users, Angie, is benefiting from this innovative approach.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have completed the first successful trial of robot-assisted retinal surgery.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nBusiness Secretary Greg Clark has today launched the \u00a3103m Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national centre of excellence that will harness disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics to improve dramatically our understanding of biology.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPreserving livers at body temperature has been shown to improve transplant success and to increase the number of viable donor livers available for transplant, which could lead to shorter waiting lists for patients and lower mortality rates.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford is to take part in three new government-funded projects designed to help universities collaborate with each other, and with external organisations, to boost research commercialisation.
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