A new test developed by Oxford scientists could tell couples within 24 hours if they will ever be able to have a baby through IVF and improve success rates. Dr Dagan Wells from Oxford University, who led the research, said: “I think it offers the possibility of enhancing success rates of IVF, ... READ MORE
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Collaboration and positive change
Mark Sheehan is James Martin Fellow in the Institute for Science and Ethics and Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Ethics Fellow at the Ethox Centre. In this interview he outlines some of the collaborative projects in which he has been involved since joining the Oxford Martin School. The ... READ MORE
Rury Holman receives award
Rury Holman, Professor of Diabetic Medicine and director of the Diabetes Trials Unit, at the Churchill Hospital, and member of the NIHR funded Diabetes Research Theme, has received the Harold Rifkin Award 'for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes' from the American Diabetes ... READ MORE
The amazing story of my father’s brain
The Thomas Willis Oxford Brain collection features in a Sunday Telegraph article by local journalist Vikki Owen. She talks movingly about donating her father's brain to research and his struggle with MS. The Thomas Willis Oxford Brain Collection is a collaborating centre for the Brains for ... READ MORE
Hamamatsu high throughput digital slide scanner and PathXL image analysis software available for research
A Hamamatsu high throughput digital slide scanner along with a sophisticated image analysis package from iPath is now available to researchers. The Hamamatsu NanoZoomer 2.0-HT slide scanner enables researchers to digitise their glass slides allowing the images to be interpreted on a screen with ... READ MORE
Doctoral student commended
Congratulations to Sean Elias, a doctoral student at the Jenner Institute. He is pictured receiving a 'highly commended' prize for his oral presentation at the NIHR Training Camp this summer from Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer and Head of the National Institute for Health ... READ MORE
Patients to benefit from more than £95m in research funding
Leading medical researchers in Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to healthcare research by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) today by being awarded £95m, an increase of 50%, to support translational research. The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford ... READ MORE
Researchers trial new drug for women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
A CANCER RESEARCH UK-funded trial of a new drug for patients with advanced breast or ovarian cancer due to inherited gene faults has been launched at the Oxford Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) at the University of Oxford. The trial, led by a team based at the National Institute for ... READ MORE
New two-drug approach to treat type of respiratory disease
A therapy combining two existing drugs could provide an effective new approach for treating patients with pleural infections, a serious condition where infected fluid builds up in the space between the ribs and lungs. A randomised clinical trial conducted by Oxford University researchers in the ... READ MORE
Small molecules found to play complex role in cancer metastasis
While they may be small in size, a family of tiny molecules called microRNAs could potentially play a large role in the process of cancer metastasis, or the spread of cancer from one area of the body to another. A team of researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Princeton ... READ MORE
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