Professor Duncan Richards, who is Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) as well as the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s Musculoskeletal Co-theme Lead, is at the forefront of Oxford’s strategy on clinical trials for COVID-19. In this interview with the Nuffield ... READ MORE
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BRC cancer lead elected Royal Society Fellow
The NIHR Oxford BRC’s Theme Lead for Cancer, Professor Xin Lu, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of her contribution to cancer biology. As well as her role with the Oxford BRC, Xin Lu is Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford Branch in the ... READ MORE
Oxford-based citizen science project reaches three million classifications in fight against antibiotic resistance
The Bash the Bug citizen science project has achieved three million classifications, after seeing a rapid increase in participation over the last two months. Hosted on the Zooniverse platform, Bash the Bug has over 20,000 volunteers worldwide helping researchers to understand and predict which ... READ MORE
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine begins human trial stage
University of Oxford researchers have begun testing a COVID-19 vaccine in human volunteers in Oxford. Around 1,110 people will take part in the trial, half receiving the vaccine and the other half (the control group) receiving a widely available meningitis vaccine. Of the first two ... READ MORE
Large-scale COVID-19 infection and antibody test study launched
Some 20,000 households across England are being contacted to take part in the first wave of a major new government study to track the COVID-19 coronavirus in the general population. The study will help improve understanding around the current rate of infection and how many people are likely to ... READ MORE
Childhood obesity increases the risk of fracture new study finds
Overweight or obese pre-school children have a higher risk of bone fractures during childhood than those of normal range weight according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone & Mineral Research and supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The increasing prevalence ... READ MORE
BRC funds three further COVID-19 studies
Three more studies are being funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) to look at the way the body interacts with COVID19; these include assessing the safety of a new vaccine; the role that antibodies might play in plasma therapy; and blood biomarkers that determine adverse ... READ MORE
Common antibody test can be adapted for COVID-19, study finds
Research led from Oxford has found that an immunological assay commonly used to measure antibodies, antigens and proteins in biological samples can be specifically adapted to detect and quantifying COVID-19 antibodies. The investigations by the National COVID Testing Scientific Advisory ... READ MORE
Oxford-led research describes the safety profile and potential harms of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin
Over 300 researchers from the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) international community studied data from almost 1 million patients who have previously taken hydroxychloroquine. They declared hydroxychloroquine safe for short-term use, but urge caution in using it in ... READ MORE
Researchers identify a new blood-based test to help predict Parkinson’s disease
Research carried out in Oxford has led to the development of a new way to test for Parkinson’s disease before the main symptoms occur. This could allow clinicians to identify patients who would benefit from precision therapies that are currently at clinical trial stage. Parkinson’s disease is the ... READ MORE
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