Researchers in Oxford have identified a protein as a key marker for disease progression and a promising therapeutic target for patients with a type of blood cancer. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, the team at the University of Oxford’s MRC Molecular Haematology ... READ MORE
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Damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms, MRI scans show
Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study has suggested. Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge ... READ MORE
Funding awarded for world’s first ovarian cancer prevention vaccine
Oxford researchers have been awarded up to £600,000 from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to create the world’s first vaccine to prevent ovarian cancer. Scientists at the University of Oxford’s MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (MRC-WIMM), led by Professor Ahmed Ahmed, are designing ... READ MORE
New campaign launched to encourage vaccine uptake
Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated as part of a campaign to boost uptake in the UK amid rising cases of whooping cough and measles. Researchers at the Oxford Vaccine Group, which is part of the University of Oxford and supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre ... READ MORE
Study increases understanding of lung microbiome in severe asthma patients
Respiratory researchers in Oxford have discovered a link between potentially pathogenic bacteria and airways inflammation in severe asthma. The team, who are supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), used long-read genome sequencing on sputum and nasal lavage samples from ... READ MORE
Research profile: using research to answer clinical questions
Rebecca Bone has been a consultant nurse in heart failure at Oxford University Hospitals for two years, and throughout her research journey, she has received support from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Rebecca finished her Masters in 2017 and was encouraged by her dissertation ... READ MORE
BLOG: How we’ve succeeded in recruiting older hospital patients onto our trial
Professor Sarah Pendlebury, from the NIHR Oxford BRC’s Preventive Neurology Theme, and Dr Aubretia McColl, of the Wolfson Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, explain how they have tackled the challenge of recruiting older, frail patients with multiple conditions to trials within ... READ MORE
Dr Clement Twumasi – underpinning our research with statistical expertise
Dr Clement Twumasi is an Oxford BRC-supported medical statistician whose role involves providing a range of statistical support for clinical trials and other vaccine-related studies, as well as assisting with funding applications. Based at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of ... READ MORE
Study reveals previously unknown genetic causes of colorectal cancer
A pioneering study has provided the most comprehensive analysis to date of the genetic make-up of colorectal cancer. The study, which was supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, involved the Universities of Oxford, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburghand Leeds, The Institute of ... READ MORE
UK’s most ambitious melanoma research study created for patients, by patients
“Any melanoma patient can be part of it. You don’t have to go into a hospital, you don’t have to live near a university that’s active in research, all you need is access to the internet.” Kelly Norman, patient representative MyMelanoma is an online-based research project for melanoma ... READ MORE
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