Patients play a vital role in shaping research and offer an invaluable perspective on the healthcare challenges that must be tackled. Our Patient and Public Involvement programme is currently looking for patients to join the Patients Active In Research Group (PAIR). The main aim of PAIR is to ... READ MORE
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Whose research is it anyway?
By Sophie Petit-Zeman, What does medical research mean to you? Scientists in lab coats wielding test tubes, a whirring scanner, or perhaps the chance to join a clinical trial assessing whether a new drug is effective? You might reasonably reply “all of the above”, and feel you lack the ... READ MORE
Restricting antibiotics could be key to fighting “superbug”
NEW WAYS are needed to fight the infection Clostridium difficile and better use of antibiotics could be key, according to the authors of ground breaking research. In a unique study supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, the team mapped all ... READ MORE
Premature babies found to have smaller hearts in later life
Young adults who were born prematurely have smaller hearts with thicker walls than those who were born after full-length pregnancies, according to researchers in Oxford. The extent of the differences were unexpected and they are part of an emerging picture of changes in the heart, blood vessels and ... READ MORE
Patients to help shape spinal cord injury research
A new project to help those affected by spinal cord injuries shape the research agenda has launched its website. Supported by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, The James Lind Alliance 'Spinal Cord Injury Priority Setting Partnership' will work with people with Spinal Cord Injury, Cauda ... READ MORE
WATCH: Simple approach to research is key to improving stroke treatment
Stroke is one of the biggest killers in the UK but world class research is helping cut the number of deaths and improve prevention. In the latest Oxford Biomedical Research Centre public talk, clinical neurologist Professor Peter Rothwell outlines leading stroke and related dementia ... READ MORE
Personalised brain stimulation could improve life for Parkinson’s sufferers
Researchers in Oxford have made a landmark breakthrough towards improving the treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease. The Oxford University team based at the John Radcliffe Hospital has successfully trialled an advanced deep brain stimulation system that actively detects and responds to a ... READ MORE
First IVF baby with new embryo screening technique
A baby boy has been born to a couple in the USA by IVF involving the use of a new embryo screening approach. The method uses the latest DNA sequencing techniques and aims to increase IVF success rates while being more affordable for more couples. The work was a collaborative effort. It ... READ MORE
Oxford heart research centre gets £6m boost
Ground-breaking heart research in Oxford has been given a multi-million pound boost thanks to the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The Oxford BHF Centre of Research Excellence, one of only six in the UK, has been awarded a further £6m by the charity to continue its work. The Oxford Centre ... READ MORE
Research on the rise
Clinical research at Oxford University Hospitals increased last year making it one of the highest recruiting Trusts in England. According to a new league table of research supported by National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network, OUH recruited 16,368 patients in 321 studies ... READ MORE
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