A team of Oxford University researchers have worked on behalf of UK Biobank to apply sophisticated new statistical techniques to genetic information from all 500,000 volunteer UK Biobank participants.
In a landmark study that may herald a quicker, more tailored treatment for the millions of people around the world living with tuberculosis (TB), UK researchers have shown how our understanding of TB\u2019s genetic code is now so detailed that we can now predict which commonly used anti-TB drugs are best for treating a patient\u2019s infection and which are not.
The Antibiotics and Activity Spaces project is a survey of 4,800 villagers in Thailand and Lao PDR to better understand how people access healthcare and whether there are simple early warning indicators to detect 'problematic' antibiotic use.
The Medical Sciences Divisional Panel has conferred the title of Professor on six members of NDM's academic staff, Associate Professor on ten members of NDM's academic staff and awarded two new University Research Lecturers.
Congratulations to Professor Mona Bafadhel who as been awarded the prestigious Graham Bull Prize in clinical science and Goulstonian Lectureship from the Royal College of Physicians.
Researchers have reported the results of the first randomised clinical trial to test a novel strategy. The approach involves waking up and then killing the \u2018sleeping\u2019 HIV that is hiding in the body using an experimental approach known as \u2018kick and kill\u2019.
The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition is one of the UK's most prestigious science festivals, offering a packed programme of events and more than twenty exhibits of hands on science and technology.
The Big Data Institute Building has won a RIBA South Award 2018. RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects, sleected the BDIB in its annual review of 'outstanding work ... recognising the best architecture, architects, research and students'.
Oxford University broke into the top five by leapfrogging Cambridge, which fell back into sixth place. Imperial College London remained at seventh overall.
Business Secretary Greg Clark has today launched the \u00a3103m Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI), a national centre of excellence that will harness disruptive technologies such as AI and robotics to improve dramatically our understanding of biology.
Primaquine can be used to prevent the transmission of falciparum malaria from human to mosquito. Bob Taylor and colleagues at the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU) developped an age-based regimen for single low-dose primaquine to block the transmission of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Scientists and designers have teamed up with young people living with HIV, to create a garden at this year\u2019s RHS Chelsea Flower Show to highlight the successes and challenges still faced by young people living with HIV.
China Vice Premier Madam Sun Chunlan and Minster of National Health Commission Ma Xiaowei visited CAMS Oxford Centre for Translational Immunology Beijing branch on 14th May 2018, accompanied by Professor Xuetao Cao and Professor Wang Chen (President of CAMS).
This recent FORMA/Oxford collaboration brings together Oxford\u2019s expertise in disease molecular pathology and Ubiquitin biology, (including through the Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute (ODDI), the Target Discovery Institute (TDI) and the Oxford Parkinson\u2019s Disease Centre (OPDC)), and FORMA\u2019s deep expertise in small molecule drug design and development
Science blog by Dr Marco Haenssgen who discusses the application of management thinking to solving the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance.
Congratulations to Prof Guy Thwaites, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Research Program in Vietnam and Prof Ellie Barnes, Professor of Hepatology and Experimental Medicine on their election as new Fellows of the Academy of Medical Science.
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