Most national dietary guidelines are not compatible with global environmental and health targets, and are in need of reform
16 July 2020
Adopting more stringent guidelines in the UK could reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 70% and reduce diet-related deaths by more than 100,000 a year
New Oxford Sparks podcast launched: How do you measure pain?
15 July 2020
In this episode of the Big Questions podcast, Dr Andy Segerdahl (Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences) explains his research looking at how the brain and spinal cord process pain.
About 5000 heart attack sufferers in England missed out on hospital treatment due to the pandemic
15 July 2020
The number of admissions to hospital with heart attacks fell by 35% by the end of March.
Engineered llama antibodies neutralise COVID-19 virus
14 July 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
Antibodies derived from llamas have been shown to neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 virus in lab tests, UK researchers announced today
OxImmuno Literature Blog - COVID-19 research papers explained simply
10 July 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
In a new blog series, researchers in the OxImmnuo Literature initiative select papers that cover topics in COVID-19 research that they think may be of interest to the wider public and summarise them for a more general audience
Future of Oxford professorship in vaccinology secured with £3.5 million gift
10 July 2020
Awards and Appointments General
A generous gift of £3.5 million from Lakshmi Mittal and his family has secured the future of a critical professorship in vaccinology at the University. The post, which is currently held by Professor Adrian Hill, will be known as the Lakshmi Mittal and Family Professorship of Vaccinology in recognition of this support.
Reach for the sky
8 July 2020
A building project to extend the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology building with a new floor will create much needed space for the Institute to expand, particularly in the areas of data science and clinical trials.
Oxford researchers part of ground-breaking new study into long-term health impacts of coronavirus
7 July 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients has been launched.
New COVID-19 simulation training for smartphones helps African healthcare workers save lives
6 July 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
Oxford University’s LIFE project has launched a new set of app-based training scenarios that help healthcare workers in Africa safely manage and treat cases of children with suspected COVID-19
Oxford University to lead a new national programme of AI research to improve lung cancer screening
3 July 2020
UK Research and Innovation, Cancer Research UK and industry are investing more than £11 million in an Oxford-led artificial intelligence (AI) research programme to improve the diagnosis of lung cancer and other thoracic diseases.
Malaria elimination at risk as Ghana economy improves
3 July 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
New paper by Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health researcher Rima Shretta, published in Malaria Journal, finds that lower donor support and COVID-19 lockdowns threaten 10 years of progress
Ludwig Oxford welcomes cancer epigenetics researcher Yang Shi
3 July 2020
Awards and Appointments General
Yang Shi has been appointed a Member of the Ludwig Oxford Branch to continue his research into chromatin, RNA modifications and cancer.
Kennedy Professor leads Cellular Life Theme of Reuben College
2 July 2020
Awards and Appointments General
Professor Mark Coles was recently appointed to the governing body of the University’s newest graduate college.
Ebola vaccine approved for use by the European Commission
2 July 2020
The European Commission has granted Marketing Authorisation to Janssen for a new Ebola vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford.
Student Prizes for Biomedical Sciences and Medicine
2 July 2020
Awards and Appointments General
Congratulations to all our Biomedical Sciences students and Medicine students who have been awarded prizes this year.
Joint cell discovery offers new hope for people with rheumatoid arthritis
1 July 2020
The key to swift treatments to cure the pain of rheumatoid arthritis has been found in the joints of people with the condition who are in long-term remission.
UK regulator gives green light to clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to prevent Covid-19 in healthcare workers
30 June 2020
Clinical Trials Coronavirus COVID-19 General
The UK regulator MHRA announced on 26 June that it would again permit recruitment to the COPCOV COVID-19 prevention clinical trial. The MHRA decision came 5 weeks after it reacted immediately to the now-discredited paper published in The Lancet suggesting harms with hydroxychloroquine, and paused recruitment of UK participants. But The Lancet paper was based on fabricated data and was swiftly retracted. After this interruption, recruitment around the globe to COPCOV can now resume.
Varying risk of COVID-19 to health workers revealed
30 June 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 General Research
A study at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust has revealed the different levels of risk faced by healthcare workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.