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\n \n\n \n17 April 2019
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford, in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) and the Rosetrees Trust, are delighted to announce two new professorial posts.
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\n \n\n \n1 April 2019
\n \n \n \nDr Liye Chen has been awarded a Versus Arthritis five-year career development fellowship to identify and validate new T cell therapeutic targets in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
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\n \n\n \n29 March 2019
\n \n \n \nOxford researchers gathered at the Kennedy Institute earlier this month to learn how advanced imaging technologies, such as super resolution microscopy, are pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery.
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\n \n\n \n27 March 2019
\n \n \n \nA recent workshop at Pembroke College, Oxford, provided a showcase for research within the Arthritis Therapy Acceleration Programme (A-TAP) aimed at speeding up the delivery of new drugs for immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMIDs).
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\n \n\n \n12 March 2019
\n \n \n \nResearchers have developed a vaccine that blocks the effects of the main cause of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) - nerve growth factor (NGF) - in mice.
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\n \n\n \n4 March 2019
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford and Estonia have found further evidence that a person\u2019s genetic make-up and height can influence whether they will develop carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
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\n \n\n \n20 February 2019
\n \n \n \nNeed for further surgery particularly high in younger men and serious complications surprisingly common in older people, say researchers.
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\n \n\n \n18 February 2019
\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies (OCMS) provides unique access to essential technologies to speed up our understanding of how the microbes that inhabit our bodies influence health and disease.
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\n \n\n \n15 February 2019
\n \n \n \nA new treatment targeting tenascin-C could reduce the progression and severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at the very early stages of disease.
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\n \n\n \n12 February 2019
\n \n \n \nResearchers in Oxford have found that an individual\u2019s immune system \u2013 and in particular the presence of T-cells amongst tumour cells \u2013 may play an important role in survival after surgery to remove pancreatic cancer.
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\n \n\n \n8 February 2019
\n \n \n \nPills are just as effective as intravenous (IV) injections in tackling bone infections, a study led by Oxford-based researchers has found.
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\n \n\n \n1 February 2019
\n \n \n \nNew research published in the Cochrane Library today provides strong evidence that falls in people over sixty-years old can be prevented by exercise programmes.
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\n \n\n \n25 January 2019
\n \n \n \nA randomised controlled trial comparing extracapsular hip fracture fixation devices, conducted by Oxford University and supported by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has reached a key milestone, with the 1000th patient recruited completing their one-year follow-up
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\n \n\n \n25 January 2019
\n \n \n \nMacrophages treated with the short-chain fatty acid butyrate \u2013 a by-product of dietary fibre breakdown - are better equipped to fight bacteria in the gut, report researchers from the Kennedy Institute and the Translational Gastroenterology Unit. These findings could lead to new strategies to restore gut health in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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\n \n\n \n23 January 2019
\n \n \n \nOxford scientists are set to benefit from one of the biggest funding grants ever awarded by Cancer Research UK.
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\n \n\n \n21 January 2019
\n \n \n \nKennedy researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at the Botnar Research Centre, Oxford, and the Universities of Birmingham and Leeds, have been awarded strategic funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to map in detail the different types of cells that make up human joints.
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\n \n\n \n4 January 2019
\n \n \n \nNew discoveries on how tissue cells, known as stromal cells contribute to chronic joint inflammation could hold the key to innovative targeted treatments for patients with refractory joint disease.
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\n \n\n \n21 December 2018
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\n \n\n \n13 December 2018
\n \n \n \nAntony Palmer of NDORMS and Alex Martin were awarded the Kenwright Prizes at this year\u2019s Duthie Day.
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