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\n \n\n \n6 May 2022
\n \n \n \nNDORMS researchers are to study whether a pain management treatment using cognitive behavioural therapy will improve recovery for people who have had a major leg injury.
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\n \n\n \n30 April 2022
\n \n \n \nInjection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren\u2019s disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.
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\n \n\n \n20 April 2022
\n \n \n \nAssociate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Afsie Sabokbar, has been re-elected to the Medical Sciences Skills Training Team for the third time as Director of the Skills Training and Researcher Development. We chatted to her to find out more about what the team do, and what Afsie\u2019s role is.
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\n \n\n \n19 April 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Kennedy Institute has been announced as one of 7 new research clusters by the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network
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\n \n\n \n12 April 2022
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Arnon on her successful Wellcome Trust Investigator Award entitled: \u201cSpatiotemporal basis of adaptive immunity in the spleen.\u201d
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\n \n\n \n7 April 2022
\n \n \n \nNDORMS and GRAPPA (the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis) have launched Informatree, a new web resource to help people living with Psoriatic Arthritis.
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\n \n\n \n6 April 2022
\n \n \n \nA new study published in JAMA, has found that a drug recently licensed in the UK has no effect on post-operative knee replacement recovery or pain, compared to the current treatment when administered at site of surgery.
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\n \n\n \n1 April 2022
\n \n \n \nBy studying blood vessels at single cell resolution, Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal and colleagues found that in Dupuytren\u2019s disease, a fibrotic disorder of the hand, the vasculature is key to orchestrating the development of human fibrosis.
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\n \n\n \n31 March 2022
\n \n \n \nResearch from the Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences shows that Artificial intelligence (AI) is an effective tool for fracture detection that has potential to aid clinicians in busy emergency departments.
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\n \n\n \n31 March 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have used 3D and live-imaging to show how resident memory B cells boost antibodies to fight influenza.
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\n \n\n \n23 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe COVID-19 Multi-omic Blood Atlas (COMBAT) has identified blood hallmarks of COVID-19 involving particular immune cell populations and their development, components of innate and adaptive immunity, and connectivity with the inflammatory response.
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\n \n\n \n16 March 2022
\n \n \n \nBut researchers find an increased risk for unvaccinated people infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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\n \n\n \n16 March 2022
\n \n \n \nNDORMS Professor of Musculoskeletal and Surgical Science, David Beard, has been named National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessors Matthew Higgins and Michael Dustin from the University of Oxford, Prof Gavin Wright from the University of York, and Professors Shiroh Iwanaga and Hisashi Arase from Osaka University have secured a Wellcome Collaborative Award for their study \u201cHow do RIFINs and STEVORs modulate human immunity during malaria?\u201d
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\n \n\n \n14 March 2022
\n \n \n \nA new collaboration between Oxford, Brazil and Pakistan has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The partnership will provide researchers with de-identified health data from two of the worlds global COVID-19 hotspots to increase understanding of COVID-19 in these communities and help accelerate the management of the disease.
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\n \n\n \n11 March 2022
\n \n \n \nInterrogating metabolic crosstalk in the tumour-bone microenvironment, new research from the Edwards group shows how the pentose phosphate pathway contributes to prostate cancer bone metastasis.
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\n \n\n \n10 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe family of Terry Barber visited the Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences today to present a cheque for \u00a3350 in his memory.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2022
\n \n \n \nOxford is one of 28 sites that will benefit from over \u00a3160 million awarded over five years to expand early phase clinical research for the benefit of NHS patients.
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\n \n\n \n7 March 2022
\n \n \n \nThe \u00a33.9M Wellcome Collaborative Award will be used to identify the drivers of pain in people living with rheumatoid arthritis.
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\n \n\n \n23 February 2022
\n \n \n \nPeople are at the heart of NDORMS and as such the department is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive culture for all its staff and students. Two new initiatives have been recently launched; the mediation service, and a mental health first aiders programme.
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