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 funded by the NIHR and the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR research community and … Read more
Working together to find a cure to HIV
Results from a study testing a new ‘kick and kill’ method of reducing the size of the undetected HIV reservoir in people living with the virus were published in The Lancet this week. RIVER (Research in Viral Eradication of HIV Reservoirs) is the first ever randomised clinical trial to test this approach to curing HIV. … Read more
Critical care nurse is first from OUH to get an NIHR clinical doctoral fellowship
A critical care research nurse based at the John Radcliffe Hospital has become the first Oxford University Hospitals nurse to receive funding for a PhD from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Jody Ede, a sister in the Adult Intensive Care Unit and a researcher in the Kadoorie Centre for Critical Care Research and … Read more
Link between high cholesterol and aortic valve disease risk found
Oxford researchers have found that while having high cholesterol levels does not influence a person’s risk of aortic or mitral regurgitation, it does increase their risk of developing another major heart valve disease – aortic stenosis. Aortic stenosis is the most common form of heart valve disease in developed countries and is thought to affect … Read more
Exhibition on NHS research launched in Oxford
A photography exhibition showcasing ground-breaking NHS research taking place across the Thames Valley has been launched in Oxford. ‘The Body Unlocked: How Research is Changing Lives’ features life-sized photographs of people who have taken part in studies, researchers at work and microscopic images of cells and bacteria. Images include surgeons preparing a pioneering gene therapy … Read more
New trauma wound treatment no better than standard dressing
A study by Oxford researchers has shown that a new method of treating wounds after major trauma is no more effective at improving surgical infection rates than cheaper standard dressings. The findings, by a team at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) at the University of Oxford, could save NHS millions … Read more
Almost half of chronic kidney disease is unrecognised
A study by Oxford researchers has found that more than 18 percent of over-60s have chronic kidney disease (CKD), around 44 percent of whom are undiagnosed without screening. CKD is a potentially serious condition, but is associated with few, if any, symptoms. It is thought to affect around 15 percent of people aged over 35 … Read more
Short or long sleep associated with pulmonary fibrosis
Scientists have discovered that people who regularly sleep for very long (11 hours or more) or very short (four hours or less) periods of time are two to three times more likely to have the incurable disease pulmonary fibrosis, compared to those that sleep for seven hours in a day. The researchers attribute this association … Read more
Oxford researchers test ‘Viagra’ drug to prevent recurrent strokes
University of Oxford researchers have begun a clinical trial to assess whether the drug sildenafil, more commonly known by its commercial name Viagra, could improve blood flow to the brain and so have the potential to reduce damage to small blood vessels in the brain and prevent strokes. Chronic damage to small blood vessels deep … Read more
Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK
There was a 29% reduction in the total amount of sugar sold in soft drinks in the UK between 2015-2018, despite an increase in sales of soft drinks by volume of 7%, according to new research supported by the NIHR Oxford BRC. The research, published in BMC Medicine, shows that individual soft drink companies in … Read more
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