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Prostate cancer AI diagnosis tool begins evaluation in Oxford

10 March 2023 · Listed under Cancer, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

New artificial intelligence software that can help to spot prostate cancer is being trialled by researchers at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust Researchers and clinicians in Oxford have begun an evaluation of artificial intelligence (AI) software that could help ... READ MORE

Bioelectronic implant offers intelligent therapy to treat incontinence

1 February 2023 · Listed under Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

The first participants in a clinical trial of a bioelectrical therapy to treat incontinence have received their 'smart' bioelectronic implants. Amber Therapeutics, a University of Oxford spin-out company developing intelligent bioelectrical therapies, applied the Picostim-DyNeuMo research ... 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

BRC eye surgeons outline latest sight restoration approaches

3 February 2022 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

Ophthalmologists from the University of Oxford have outlined the main sight restoration technologies currently being explored by leading eye surgeons. In an article published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the authors, who are supported by the NIHR Oxford BRC, identified the major techniques ... READ MORE

Study investigating targeted drug delivery by focused ultrasound for pancreatic cancer opens

1 July 2021 · Listed under Cancer, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

University of Oxford researchers have begun recruitment to a study looking at whether chemotherapy medication can reach pancreatic tumours more effectively if encapsulated within a heat-sensitive shell and triggered with focused ultrasound. The Phase I PanDox study, which is supported by the ... READ MORE

Oxford academics named NIHR Senior Investigators

3 March 2021 · Listed under Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Inflammation across Tissues, Life-saving Vaccines, Musculoskeletal, Other News, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

Four academics supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have been awarded a prestigious national award. The University of Oxford  professors have been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of being “among the most prominent and ... READ MORE

Challenges around recruitment and retention in surgical trials highlighted

14 October 2020 · Listed under Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

A study by Oxford BRC-supported researchers has identified the main challenges associated with the recruitment and retention of participants in surgical trials in the UK. The study was part of the PIRRIST project, which aims to enhance recruitment and retention in surgical trials by ... READ MORE

Eight BRC projects get RCF funding

7 September 2020 · Listed under Cancer, Cardiovascular Medicine, Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Gene and Cell Therapy, Genomic Medicine, Imaging, Inflammation across Tissues, Metabolic Experimental Medicine, Molecular Diagnostics, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions, Preventive Neurology, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation, Translational Data Science

Eight Oxford BRC proposals, many covering a number of themes, have been awarded NIHR Research Capability Funding (RCF) funding to take forward key areas of research. The selected projects that will be supported include: Developing a research centre devoted to urgent and acute careThe ... READ MORE

BRC researchers’ work recognised with Vice-Chancellor’s Awards

30 July 2020 · Listed under Life-saving Vaccines, Molecular Diagnostics, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

A number of Oxford BRC-supported researchers have been recognised in this year’s University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards. The Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards celebrate research-led innovation that is having societal or economic impact. Prof Robert MacLaren, who leads the BRC’s ... READ MORE

Gene therapy shows promise in tackling common cause of childhood blindness

26 February 2020 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

The results of a first-in-human clinical trial of gene therapy to treat a common cause of genetic blindness have shown partial reversal of sight loss in some patients. X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, caused by mutations in RPGR gene, is the most common cause of blindness in young people. The ... READ MORE

Oxford professors appointed NIHR Senior Investigators

24 February 2020 · Listed under Inflammation across Tissues, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

Four leading healthcare academics in Oxford have received a prestigious national award. The University of Oxford professors were named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in recognition of being “among the most prominent and prestigious researchers ... READ MORE

World’s first gene therapy operation for common cause of sight loss carried out

18 February 2019 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

Researchers in Oxford have carried out the world’s first gene therapy operation to tackle the root cause of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the UK’s most common cause of sight loss. The procedure was carried out at the John Radcliffe Hospital by Prof Robert MacLaren, Professor of ... READ MORE

First human test of robotic eye surgery a success

18 June 2018 · Listed under Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

The first trial of robot-assisted eye surgery in patients has shown the technique to be both safe and effective. Researchers from the University of Oxford, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have completed the first successful ... READ MORE

Oxford medical researchers win prestigious national awards

23 February 2018 · Listed under Gene and Cell Therapy, Inflammation across Tissues, Life-saving Vaccines, Metabolic Experimental Medicine, Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics, Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle, Partnerships for Health, Wealth and Innovation, Preventive Neurology, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

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

Second key step for eye robot trial

28 December 2016 · Listed under Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

A robot has been used to inject a drug into the back of the eye in a world first for the next phase of a landmark clinical trial at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. Prof Robert MacLaren used the remotely controlled robot to administer a tiny volume of blood dissolving agent tPA under the retina ... READ MORE

World first for robot eye operation

12 September 2016 · Listed under Preventive Neurology, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

Surgeons at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital have performed the world’s first operation inside the eye using a robot. Robert MacLaren, Professor of Ophthalmology assisted by Dr Thomas Edwards, Nuffield Medical Fellow, used the remotely controlled robot to lift a membrane 100th of a millimetre ... READ MORE

“Bionic eye” to feature on ITV documentary

4 May 2016 · Listed under Other News, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

The story of a patient who was among the first in the UK to receive the world's most advanced 'bionic eye' is to feature on ITV this month. Nikki Watson’s story will feature on “What Would Be Your Miracle?” on ITV 1 on Thursday, May 12 at 9pm. The 48-year-old, from Devon, was diagnosed with ... READ MORE

Gene therapy shows long-term benefit for treating rare blindness

3 May 2016 · Listed under Genomic Medicine, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

Pioneering gene therapy has restored some vision to patients with a rare form of genetic blindness for as long as four years, raising hopes it could be used to cure common causes of vision loss, new University of Oxford research published today shows. A technique which involves injecting a virus ... READ MORE

Blind woman’s joy as she reads the time thanks to “bionic eye”

5 January 2016 · Listed under Preventive Neurology, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

A patient who is the first in the UK to receive the world’s most advanced “bionic eye” has been able to read the time for the first time in more than five years. The moment Rhian Lewis, 49, realised she had correctly told the time is captured on BBC’s “Trust Me I’m A Doctor”, to be broadcast on ... READ MORE

Bionic eyes give us a look into future of medical technology

17 March 2015 · Listed under Preventive Neurology, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

BIONIC eyes, lung imaging and pregnancy apps were part of an exhibition revealing life-changing research taking place in Oxford. Members of the public had a rare opportunity to meet surgeons, nurses and clinical researchers who are building the next generation of clinical techniques to ... READ MORE

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