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Oxford University has today been awarded a £2.4 million grant, as part of the Kennedy Trust MB PhD scheme, to fund undergraduate medical students to undertake DPhil research in the areas of inflammation, immunology and musculoskeletal disease.
Botnar researchers awarded Fellowships
Arthritis Awards Botnar CSM Hand Main
9 January 2023
Arani Vivekanantham has been awarded an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship and a Versus Arthritis Clinical Research Fellowship, and Rachel Kuo was awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship.
Adalimumab is found to be a cost-effective treatment for early-stage Dupuytren’s disease
Hand Kennedy Main OCTRU
15 November 2022
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and Oxford Population Health’s Health Economics Research Centre have found that anti-TNF treatment (adalimumab) is likely to be a cost-effective treatment for people affected by early-stage Dupuytren’s disease.
Gene variant links trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome
Botnar Hand Main
22 July 2022
A new NDORMS study, published in The Lancet Rheumatology, has found a genetic variant that increases the risk of both carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger, and opens the door for new therapies that involve blocking the IGF-1 pathway.
Yoshi Itoh wins the International Dupuytren Award 2022
Hand Kennedy Main
30 June 2022
Yoshi Itoh, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator Cell Migration Group at the Kennedy Institute has been awarded the International Dupuytren Award 2022.
Breakthrough in treatment for Dupuytren’s disease
Hand Kennedy Main OCTRU Trials
30 April 2022
Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren’s disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.
Research finds that surgery for Dupuytren’s disease is effective, but repeat operations come with higher risks
Hand Main
4 June 2021
Research by NDORMS Dominic Furniss, Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, finds that surgery for the common hand disorder Dupuytren’s disease is safe and effective. However, repeat surgery could carry higher risks of complications such as finger amputation.
NDORMS researchers awarded for Dupuytren research
Awards Hand Kennedy Main
8 April 2021
Three NDORMS researchers have received awards from the International Dupuytren Society, a patient organisation that brings together Dupuytren Disease patient societies from across the world.
Is surgical repair the best treatment for injuries to the nerves in fingers?
Botnar Hand Main OCTRU SITU
20 November 2019
A new trial, funded by a £1.2 million National Institute of Health Research grant, will explore whether surgery is the best treatment for digital nerve injury.
NDORMS team awarded the International Dupuytren Award
Awards Hand Kennedy Main OCTRU
12 November 2019
Jagdeep Nanchahal, Professor of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Kennedy Institute, and his team have won the International Dupuytren Award for a trial repurposing anti-TNF in Dupuytren’s disease.
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