Oxford University scientists have started a clinical trial to test a new vaccine against prostate cancer and are looking for volunteers to take part. The first four participants have already received this experimental vaccine at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, and the second trial site has just ... READ MORE
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Play poses big questions about medical research
“Why should the public have a say in what research gets funded and how?” and “surely doctors and researchers know best?” were among complex issues explored in a free play at Oxfordshire schools and the John Radcliffe Hospital. “People Are Messy” examined how patients and the public can influence ... READ MORE
Adding creative entrepreneurship to your research course
We are delighted to offer a new opportunity to BRC Research staff and students; this innovative two part course has been developed by the Oxford BRC Research Education and Training team in partnership with Isis Enterprise, the University’s award-winning technology & innovation management ... READ MORE
Major new study promotes roles for women in science
A groundbreaking study into gender equity is to take place at two of the UK's leading medical research organisations. The study has been announced by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the NIHR BRC at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation ... READ MORE
Principal Fellow Competition winners announced
A total of £675,000 has been awarded to senior Oxford researchers to support research that will have a direct benefit on NHS care. The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit in Musculoskeletal Disease (BRU) have announced the successful ... READ MORE
Blind woman’s joy as she reads the time thanks to “bionic eye”
A patient who is the first in the UK to receive the world’s most advanced “bionic eye” has been able to read the time for the first time in more than five years. The moment Rhian Lewis, 49, realised she had correctly told the time is captured on BBC’s “Trust Me I’m A Doctor”, to be broadcast on ... READ MORE
Give blood pressure drugs to all at risk, study urges
Blood pressure-lowering drugs should be offered to all individuals at high risk of having a heart attack or stroke regardless of their blood pressure at the start of treatment, according to the largest meta-analysis conducted to date involving over 600,000 people, published in The Lancet. The ... READ MORE
Minister’s praise for Oxfordshire after visit
The UK’s first Minister for Life Sciences praised biomedical researchers working across Oxfordshire during a visit to NHS and university facilities. George Freeman MP visited Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust’s John Radcliffe Hospital and University of Oxford facilities at the Churchill ... READ MORE
Tablet computing to improve patient safety comes to John Radcliffe Hospital
A project to replace bedside paper charts with “early warning” tablet computers to identify at risk patients at Oxfordshire acute hospitals is now being rolled out at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this week started to bring its System for ... READ MORE
Free performance of play about challenges of research
Residents are being invited to a free performance of a play about the ethical, political and social issues around decision-making in health research. “People Are Messy” will be held at Tingewick Hall, Academic Block, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford on Wednesday February 10 at 2.30pm. Doors will ... READ MORE
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