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\n \n\n \n \n \nA delegation from the Ministry of Education (MoE) of the People's Republic of China visited the University of Oxford and was hosted at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) by Professor Tao Dong, Ita Askonas Professor of Translational Immunology and Director of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute (COI).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn a new study, researchers from IBM and NDM\u2019s Division of Structural Biology and Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics show that new antivirals can be designed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), developed and potentially validated in months.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNDM\u2019s Infectious Diseases Data Observatory and its global collaborators have developed new case report forms providing researchers with a standardised means of recording any data on visceral leishmaniasis, allowing them to compare studies and relate data to the efficacy of visceral leishmaniasis treatments from different groups of researchers.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from NDM\u2019s Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, the Target Discovery Institute and Centre for Medicines Discovery, the University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Biochemistry, and other collaborating organisations have found a nine-protein diagnostic signature in human cerebrospinal fluid that could discriminate between Japanese encephalitis and other brain infections.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWhile 17 countries have now achieved trachoma elimination status, there is still work to be done, with trachoma responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people worldwide. Collaborators are being invited to join a new research project aimed at assessing the drivers for persistent and recrudescent trachoma.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe annual conference of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute took place in Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China between 1-3 June 2023.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Sir John Irving Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford and former Head of Department of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, has been appointed a Companion of Honour in the King\u2019s Birthday Honours list. He was knighted in 2015 for services to medicine, medical research and the life science industry.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), hosted by NDM\u2019s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, have provided unique insights into the epidemiology of malaria in pregnancy. The study explored the relationship between infection and fever and found that submicroscopic malaria was associated with fever in Africa but not in Asia and the Americas.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn order to support the Nuffield Department of Medicine in seeking out new opportunities for innovation and delivering impact across its 24 units, Prof Richard Cornall, the Head of Department, has appointed Prof Bountra in a new role within NDM Strategic.
\n \n\n\n \n 14 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Sir Peter Horby, Director of NDM's Pandemic Sciences Institute, today advised a committee at the UK Houses of Parliament of the importance of strategic scientific research funding to prepare the UK for a future pandemic, alongside Professor Bryan Charleston, Director and CEO of The Pirbright Institute.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from NDM\u2019s Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and de Duve Institute have found out that drugs used to treat hypertension could substantially improve the clinical efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. They discovered a new treatment approach that helps T lymphocytes to destroy cancerous cells.
\n \n\n\n \n 7 June 2023\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWithin weeks of the pandemic starting, the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) began antibody testing as part of the UK\u2019s ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey. The platform successfully tested millions of blood samples over three years, providing invaluable information on how vaccinations and previous infections affect the chance of getting COVID-19 again.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Kemri Wellcome Trust in collaboration with colleagues from various modelling groups and the World Health Organization have designed a framework to guide the use of mathematical modelling in evidence-based policy decision making.
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\n \n\n \n \n \n1000 patients were successfully recruited by the Prospective Cohort for Early Detection of Liver Cancer (Pearl) clinical study. This study has been developed to recruit patients with cirrhosis who are known to be at high risk for liver cancer.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMcGill University and Big Data Institute researchers have developed a new method to simulate genomes based on a population-scale genealogy dating back to the arrival of the first French settlers in Canada.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNDM\u2019s OUCRU and partners have been developing a training programme to enhance the capacity of local health workers in Viet Nam, who are often low-paid volunteers with little training. Communes that participated in the training programme saw up to a 42% increase in booster vaccination uptake compared to the communes that did not participate.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA recent study suggests that, although there is sparse evidence, substandard and falsified antiretrovirals occur and enhanced surveillance is needed.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that six researchers have been awarded the Associate Professor title, in recognition of their research achievements, contribution to teaching, and contribution to the general work of the Nuffield Department of Medicine.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Cecilia Lindgren from the Big Data Institute and Professor Yang Shi from the Oxford Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe regret to announce the passing of Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski, Professor of Tropical Paediatrics at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, and a renowned researcher who dedicated his life to the research on malaria. Prof Kwiatkowski passed away in April 2023 at the age of 69.
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