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Pregnant women are being invited by the University of Oxford and the NHS to take part in the world’s first clinical trial to prevent type 1 diabetes in babies and infants. Researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre want to find out if giving small amounts of insulin to babies on the trial … Read more

The Department of Health and Social Care’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, visited Oxford on Monday 2nd July to find out about the world-leading research taking place there and to meet young medical researchers starting out on their career. After a meeting at the John Radcliffe Hospital with senior leaders of Oxford University Hospitals … Read more

Researchers in Oxford have been awarded £1.8m in capital funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to expand their work to tackle the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including using whole genome sequencing to diagnose AMR. The funding was awarded to the NIHR (National Institute of Health Research) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre … Read more

New national guidelines are recommending that all babies born with Down’s syndrome should have a new genetic test to detect signs of a potentially fatal preleukaemic condition, following research by a University of Oxford group led by NIHR Oxford BRC-supported investigators. The new British Society for Haematology (BSH) guidelines, published in the British Journal of … Read more

This year’s Technology Showcase, held on 13 June at Oxford’s Saïd Business School, attracted a host of leading academics, clinicians and investors to discuss the most exciting commercial opportunities and projects in the field of Therapeutics, Small Molecules and Biologics. The event, which was attended by around 200 people, was organised by the NIHR Oxford BRC, … Read more

Researchers from across the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) and the University of Oxford visited the Joint Research Office (JRO) on Friday (18 May) as it threw open its doors for International Clinical Trials Day. The JRO brings together research support services for the OUH and University, covering services such as research governance, … Read more

Scientists backed by NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRC) have teamed up with designers and young people living with HIV to create a show garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The garden, whose theme is ‘HIV: stigma and cure’, highlights the successes and challenges still faced by young people living with HIV. The garden … Read more