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The risks associated with shoulder replacement surgery for arthritic conditions are higher than previously estimated, particularly for people under 60 and over 85 years old, according to a study supported by the NIHR Oxford BRC. The findings show that one in four men aged 55-59 years is at risk of needing further revision surgery, especially … Read more

The world’s first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia has shown positive results. The trial, supported by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), began in 2011 at the Oxford Eye Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Reported on Monday 8 October in the Nature Medicine … Read more

A one-day event in Oxford today is offering a unique opportunity to for healthcare industry figures from the US and Europe to engage with two of the world’s leading universities to explore the many ways healthcare will be transformed. The Healthcare Technologies of the Future Conference is being jointly organised by the University of Oxford … Read more

The leading academic who has overseen the expansion of world-leading medical research at the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) for the past nine years is stepping down. Professor Keith Channon will be replaced as Director of the Oxford BRC by Professor Helen McShane, a leading vaccine specialist. Prof Channon was appointed to lead the … Read more

A study supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre has concluded that iron supplements on their own are not enough to efficiently tackle anaemia in places with high infection burdens. In a paper published in The BMJ, Prof Hal Drakesmith from the MRC Human Immunology Unit, based at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, and collaborators in Australia … Read more

The first ever drug specifically designed to prevent migraines in adults has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the head of the Oxford Headache Centre has said the news represents a new approach in treating the condition. The EMA granted a licence for the use of erenumab, manufactured by Novartis under the … Read more

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