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No benefit found in switching to citrate anticoagulation for ICU kidney injury treatment

16 December 2022 · Listed under Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Translational Data Science

New research has found no added benefit of using citrate-based drugs in the treatment of acute kidney disease in intensive care, when compared to the anticoagulation drug heparin, despite their extra cost. People with acute kidney injury (when the kidneys stop working correctly) may need a ... READ MORE

Adalimumab found to be cost-effective treatment for early-stage Dupuytren’s disease

16 November 2022 · Listed under Inflammation across Tissues, Translational Data Science

Oxford researchers supported by the Oxford BRC have found that the anti-TNF treatment adalimumab is likely to be a cost-effective treatment for people affected by early-stage Dupuytren’s disease. Anti-TNF treatments interfere with the action of a protein called tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and ... READ MORE

Higher risk of blood clots in COVID-19 outpatients, largely reduced after vaccination

22 August 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Gene and Cell Therapy, Translational Data Science

Researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have studied the link between people diagnosed with COVID-19 as outpatients and the short-term risk of developing blood clots, and the clinical and genetic risk factors that predispose them to developing post–COVID-19 ... READ MORE

Moderate drinking linked to brain changes and cognitive decline

15 July 2022 · Listed under Imaging, Preventive Neurology, Translational Data Science

Consumption of seven or more units of alcohol per week is associated with higher levels of iron in the brain, according to a study by Oxford researchers. Accumulation of iron in the brain has been linked with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and is a potential mechanism for alcohol-related ... READ MORE

Conference aims to forge collaborations to tackle dementia

9 June 2022 · Listed under Preventive Neurology, Translational Data Science

Representatives of academia, the NHS, the non-profit sector and the healthcare industry have attended a conference in Oxford to explore how to tackle the current challenges in dementia research through improved collaboration. The aim of the 21st Century Translation Dementia Research conference, ... READ MORE

Three new Blood and Transplant Research Units created in Oxford

18 May 2022 · Listed under Gene and Cell Therapy, Genomic Medicine, Translational Data Science

The NIHR has awarded three new Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs) to the University of Oxford. The £20m programme, co-funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), are aimed at providing new technologies, techniques or ... READ MORE

Brain regions related to smell show decline after mild COVID-19

7 March 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Preventive Neurology, Translational Data Science

University of Oxford researchers have found tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell in people following mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. The researchers, who were supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) used data from UK Biobank participants to look ... READ MORE

RECOVERY trial finds another drug to treat hospitalised COVID-19 patients

3 March 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

The RECOVERY Trial, the world’s largest randomised trial of potential COVID-19 treatments, has found another drug that reduces the risk of death in hospitalised patients with the disease. The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial showed that baricitinib, ... READ MORE

Oxford BRC researchers named NIHR Senior Investigators

3 March 2022 · Listed under Inflammation across Tissues, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory Medicine, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation, Translational Data Science

Seven Oxford academics, six of them supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their outstanding leadership in research. The NIHR describes its Senior Investigators as ... READ MORE

NIHR highlights QCOVID role in tackling pandemic

2 March 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Translational Data Science

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has published a case study on QCOVID, a clinical risk prediction model, which has played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic in identifying those people at greatest risk. QCOVID, developed with support from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ... READ MORE

Oxford BRC’s ability to deliver rapid COVID-19 research response highlighted

22 February 2022 · Listed under COVID-19, Life-saving Vaccines, Translational Data Science

Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers have highlighted how the BRC’s infrastructure gave it the agility and capacity to respond rapidly with research projects to tackle COVID-19. In a commentary published in the open access BMC Health Research Policy and Systems journal, the ... READ MORE

Big drop in hospital admissions for child infections since start of COVID-19 pandemic

18 January 2022 · Listed under Translational Data Science

There have been dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The study by researchers from Oxford Population Health, published by The BMJ, was supported by the NIHR Oxford ... READ MORE

COVID-19 infection more likely than vaccines to cause rare cardiovascular complications

14 December 2021 · Listed under COVID-19, Life-saving Vaccines, Translational Data Science

Researchers have reported the results of the largest ever study to compare the risks of cardiovascular events - such as myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmia - between different vaccines and COVID-19 infection, and the first to investigate the association between cardiac events and the ... READ MORE

RECOVERY Trial launched in South Africa

9 December 2021 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

The world’s largest clinical trial investigating treatments for COVID-19 has now been launched in South Africa, with the first patient recruited today. Since March 2020, the RECOVERY Trial, which is supported by the NIHR Oxford BRC, has discovered three effective treatments for COVID-19: the ... READ MORE

Blog: the implications of the OxVALVE-Survive study on GP practice

18 November 2021 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Translational Data Science

Academic GPs Dr Clare Taylor and Dr Nick Jones (pictured) from the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences outline the findings of the OxVALVE-Survive study and implications for their own clinical practice. Valvular heart disease occurs when valves become either ... READ MORE

Blood pressure drugs could protect against type 2 diabetes

12 November 2021 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Metabolic Experimental Medicine, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, NIHR-BHF, Translational Data Science

Lowering high blood pressure is an effective way to reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future, according to a new study. Doctors already prescribe blood pressure-lowering drugs to reduce a person’s chance of having a life-threatening heart attack or stroke, but whether ... READ MORE

Genetic study highlights links between IBS and mental health disorders

10 November 2021 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Inflammation across Tissues, Translational Data Science

Research funded and supported by the NIHR has revealed that symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may be caused by the same biological processes as mental health conditions such as anxiety. IBS is a common condition worldwide, affecting around 1 in 10 people. The condition causes a wide ... READ MORE

RECOVERY Trial paper wins BMJ’s Research Paper of the Year Award

1 October 2021 · Listed under COVID-19, Translational Data Science

The RECOVERY Trial, the world’s largest randomised trial of potential COVID-19 treatments, has been announced as the 2021 winner of The British Medical Journal’s prestigious UK Research Paper of the Year Award.  The award recognises original UK research that has the potential to ... READ MORE

Lowering blood pressure still beneficial for the heart in old age

27 August 2021 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Translational Data Science

Oxford University researchers have found that blood pressure medication is still effective at reducing the risk of a heart attack and stroke in old age, even if blood pressure is in an apparently healthy range. The research by Professor Kazem Rahimi, who is supported by the NIHR Oxford ... READ MORE

Vaccination still best protection, but less effective against Delta variant, study finds

19 August 2021 · Listed under COVID-19, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Translational Data Science

The latest findings of an ongoing national study of COVID-19 immunity in households across the UK has found that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines offer good protection against new infections of the Delta variant of concern, but that effectiveness is reduced compared with the Alpha ... READ MORE

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