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Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients

23 September 2023 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging

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A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after being discharged. Some of these abnormalities have been shown through previous work to be evidence of ... READ MORE

Research profile: “You see the impact of your research in clinical care. It’s part of the same circle”

15 September 2023 · Listed under COVID-19, Life-saving Vaccines

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Lizzie Stafford, a Clinical Research Nurse Manager in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, has been involved in number of Oxford BRC-supported research studies. The BRC is funding the second year of her NIHR postgraduate clinical research programme. “I’ve been involved in some ground-breaking ... READ MORE

Blood clots during COVID-19 may cause ongoing cognitive problems

1 September 2023 · Listed under COVID-19, Imaging, Respiratory Medicine

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High levels of two proteins at the time of COVID-19 have been found in patients who later experienced cognitive problems, including ‘brain fog'. The findings give a major clue as to one cause of their symptoms: blood clots. Researchers from the University of Oxford looked at blood tests from ... READ MORE

New Pharmacy Clinical Trials Unit paves way for trialling new therapies

10 August 2023 · Listed under Gene and Cell Therapy

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Oxford University Hospitals’ (OUH) ability to help develop ground-breaking new therapies has been given a boost with the opening of a new temporary Pharmacy Clinical Trials Unit (CTU). Based on the Churchill Hospital site, the facility will be used to handle and prepare a new range of medicines ... READ MORE

Tumour monocyte content can predict immunochemotherapy outcomes, study shows

11 July 2023 · Listed under Cancer

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A team of Oxford researchers has discovered a link between immune cells known as monocytes in tumours and overall survival in patients with oesophageal cancer. A study by Ludwig Cancer Research, supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) found that the presence of relatively ... READ MORE

Research profile: Clinical nurses helping to shape our medical knowledge

10 July 2023 · Listed under Digital Health from Hospital to Home

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Yuhan Zhang is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Oxford University Hospitals’ Ambulatory Outreach Team. She is also in the second year of a nursing doctorate at Oxford Brookes University, for which she is getting support from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Yuhan works in an ... READ MORE

Real-world vaccine response in patients with impaired immune systems revealed

7 July 2023 · Listed under Life-saving Vaccines

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Updated data from the ongoing OCTAVE study reveal, for the first time, the real-world vaccine responses and infection outcomes in clinically at-risk patients with a range of immunocompromised or immunosuppressed conditions. Preliminary data from the landmark OCTAVE study in August 2021 showed ... READ MORE

Rapid weight loss found to be safe and helpful for people with liver disease

28 June 2023 · Listed under Metabolic Experimental Medicine

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A clinical trial has shown that a three-month rapid weight loss programme was not only safe but also effective in reducing the severity of a liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with liver fibrosis. Results of the trial, which showed that improvements were maintained beyond ... READ MORE

OUH receives £3.4m for cutting-edge research equipment

27 June 2023 · Listed under Other News

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Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has received £3.4 million to fund state-of-the-art research equipment that will enable scientific discoveries and new technologies to improve the prevention, management and treatment of disease. The funding was part of the £96 million awarded by the National ... READ MORE

New imaging method trialled for retinal diseases

23 June 2023 · Listed under Imaging

Clinical scientists in Oxford have presented a new method of imaging of the retina that overcomes many of the drawbacks of the current standard way of diagnosing and monitoring retinal diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, whose findings were published in the journal ... READ MORE

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