Around 50 international students interested in a career in medicine or science have visited Oxford BRC-funded research facilities. Half the students, who are taking part in the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF), visited the John Radcliffe Hospital’s Neuroscience department, while ... READ MORE
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Event showcases BRC work tackling chronic diseases
Around 170 people attended a BRC event on Tuesday (26 March) that provided an opportunity to network and to hear about the breadth of research taking place in Oxford to combat chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and dementia. The Chronic Disease Cluster, ... READ MORE
Schoolchildren and researchers gather to mark World Diabetes Day
Local schoolchildren joined University of Oxford researchers and diabetes patients to mark World Diabetes Day on Wednesday, but forming a blue circle around the famous Triton statue in the Radcliffe Observatory quarter. The awareness-raising event was organised by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical ... READ MORE
Gestational diabetes app officially launched
A smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed with support from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has been launched commercially. GDm-Health has now completed its development following a two-year clinical evaluation in the NHS by over 1,000 women, and is currently ... READ MORE
Students go in2science to get invaluable lab experience
Six A-level students have been getting first-hand experience of working in a top research laboratory during their summer holidays. The students, from different schools across Oxfordshire, have been getting valuable work experience at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism ... READ MORE
Gestational diabetes app study show positive results
A 21-month study into the safety and effectiveness of a smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed with support from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has shown positive results. The randomised controlled trial (RCT) of the GDm-Health app, a digital therapeutic ... READ MORE
Oxford medical researchers win prestigious national awards
Leading health researchers in Oxford have been recognised in a prestigious national competition. Eight professors have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of their “outstanding contribution to clinical and applied health and social care ... READ MORE
Tower turns blue for diabetes awareness
Churchill Hospital staff lit Oxford’s Magdalen Tower blue and hosted a research open day to spread awareness about diabetes. Staff from The Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) arranged for the iconic landmark to be lit to mark World Diabetes Day on November 14, a ... READ MORE
Magdalen Tower set to turn blue for World Diabetes Day
Clinicians and researchers are preparing to light Oxford’s Magdalen Tower blue to mark World Diabetes Day – and have invited patients and visitors to then learn more at an open day about the condition at the Churchill Hospital. The tower at Magdalen College in High Street will follow in the ... READ MORE
Genetics of type 2 diabetes revealed in unprecedented detail
The largest study of its kind into type 2 diabetes has produced the most detailed picture to date of the genetics underlying the condition. More than 300 scientists from 22 countries collaborated on the study, which analysed the genomes of more than 120,000 people with ancestral origins in ... READ MORE
Blood pressure linked to diabetes in major new study
High blood pressure sufferers have an almost 60 per cent greater chance of developing diabetes, according to a major global study. Study author Professor Kazem Rahimi said that in face of earlier conflicting and inconclusive reports, this study now reliably shows the connection between high blood ... READ MORE
Volunteers sought for testosterone diabetes study
Men with Type 2 diabetes are needed for a study looking at a new treatment to correct low testosterone levels. Volunteers aged 18-60 would receive injections of a hormone which researchers from the Churchill Hospital in Oxford have found can boost the body’s production of ... READ MORE
National award for project providing better care for women with diabetes during pregnancy
A project which has harnessed technology to improve care for women who develop diabetes during pregnancy has won a national prize. The team behind GDm-health – the gestational diabetes smartphone app received the Best Digital Initiative trophy at the Quality in Care Diabetes ... READ MORE
Diabetes screening could happen at home
Research led by the University of Oxford has found that people may be able to test themselves for diabetes in the comfort of their own home, using a novel electronic screening device. The device was trialled in both healthy volunteers and people with diabetes, both in the home and in the ... READ MORE
Video encourages patients to participate in diabetes trial
A new video from the Diabetes Trials Unit (DTU) at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) is being launched today, on World Diabetes Day. Produced with local film company Nice Tree Films and funding from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Oxford, the video ... READ MORE
Genetic cause of insulin sensitivity offers diabetes clues
The first single gene cause of increased sensitivity to the hormone insulin has been discovered by a team of Oxford University researchers. The opposite condition – insulin resistance – is a common feature of type 2 diabetes, so finding this cause of insulin sensitivity could offer new ... READ MORE
New diabetes research theme leader appointed
Professor David Matthews has handed over the reigns of diabetes research theme leader (Oxford Biomedical Research Centre – OxBRC) to Dr Fredrik Karpe, Reader in Metabolic Medicine, Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Physician. In 2007 Dr Karpe initiated the ... READ MORE