A project to unravel the genetic changes underlying rare disease and cancers of more than 1,200 patients and their families who are looked after by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHT) has started. The project will aid research, improve diagnosis and ultimately clinical outcomes so NHS ... READ MORE
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JR facilities to open for public tours
Residents can tour two John Radcliffe Hospital facilities to learn about the history and treatment of conditions such as stroke and heart attack next month. The facilities will open on Friday September 11 as part of the Open Doors programme of events on September 12 and 13, when famous city ... READ MORE
First trial for childhood illness vaccine
Oxford University researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have successfully completed the first human trial of a vaccine for a common virus that is particularly dangerous to infants. After fifty years of failed attempts around the world, a vaccine for respiratory ... READ MORE
Students learn about Oxford research
International students learned about cutting edge research taking place in Oxford during a visit to facilities at the Churchill Hospital. Youngsters on a two-week residential visit through the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) heard how vaccine research is changing ... READ MORE
Heart failure patients applaud support app
Heart failure patients have praised an NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre-supported project that allows them to monitor their condition and communicate with researchers through tablet computers. A survey of users reported they found the system – through which they monitored their blood ... READ MORE
Oxford Ebola vaccine study moves to next phase
Oxford University doctors and scientists are performing the second phase of clinical studies of an experimental Ebola vaccine regimen, with part of the study supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The study is part of the EBOVAC2 project, a collaborative programme involving the ... READ MORE
Best ever performance for speed of clinical trials
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) has for the first time met in full a key measure for how quickly clinical trials start. All trials analysed by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) recruited the first patient within 70 days for the 12 months to this March. This marks a ... READ MORE
New hope to tackle third biggest killer disease
A POTENTIAL new way to treat one of the world’s most common lung diseases is to be investigated after a study found a link between sufferers’ iron levels and worse health outcomes. Researchers are to give iron to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – commonly caused by ... READ MORE
Sleep deprivation could reduce intrusive memories of trauma
A good night’s sleep has long been recommended to those who have experienced a traumatic event but an Oxford University-led study provides preliminary experimental work suggesting it could actually be the wrong thing to do. Sleep deprivation might prevent people from consolidating memories of ... READ MORE
New TB test to get sufferers on right drugs sooner
Tuberculosis sufferers will be able get drug treatment sooner thanks to a new whole genome sequencing technique to determine for the first time which drugs to give sufferers, researchers in Oxford have reported. University of Oxford researchers at the John Radcliffe Hospital have developed a ... READ MORE
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