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Researchers develop new tool to better predict AML outcomes in older patients
General MRC MHU MRC WIMM Publication Research
17 September 2024
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, an international research team has used machine learning to improve risk stratification for patients over 60 diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive type of blood cancer.
Hydroxychloroquine provides moderate COVID-19 prevention
DTU
16 September 2024
COPCOV, the world’s largest COVID-19 chemoprevention study, published results today showing that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has a moderate benefit in preventing COVID-19. The COPCOV trial was led globally by the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand. The Diabetes Trials Unit (DTU) was the UK coordinating centre for the trial, helped develop the protocol, and was responsible for managing UK sites, approvals and procedures.
Patients receiving steroids are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes, UK study has found
DTU General OCDEM Research
10 September 2024
Patients who are being treated with systemic glucocorticoids are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes as those not receiving the treatment, a new study by researchers at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine’s Diabetes Trial Unit has found.
RDM researchers among world-leading cardiologists at ESC Congress 2024
CVM General Research
29 August 2024
World-leading cardiology experts are to convene at the annual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in London from tomorrow (Friday 30 August).
Senior Fellowship awarded to Beth Psaila
General MRC MHU MRC WIMM
28 August 2024
Congratulations to Beth Psaila, who has been awarded a Senior Fellowship funded by Cancer Research UK in partnership with Rosetrees Trust.
Michael Zimmermann awarded Full Professor title
Awards General
27 August 2024
Congratulations to Professor Michael Zimmermann, who has been awarded the title of Full Professor in the University’s 2024 Recognition of Distinction exercise.
Of Mice and Men - Researchers demonstrate evolutionary conservation of blood stem cell subtypes
General MRC MHU MRC WIMM Publication Research
27 August 2024
Researchers from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM) have shown that blood stem cell subtypes found in mice also exist in humans. This provides important information for research into therapies to alleviate the negative effects of aging.
RDM researchers showcase at IF Oxford 2024 – book now
22 August 2024
IF Oxford returns as a digital and in-real-life science and ideas Festival with events running throughout October 2024.
Structure of a key “trigger” of the immune response solved
MRC WIMM Publication Research
15 August 2024
Grant awarded to develop artificial intelligence tools to understand the bone marrow landscape
NDCLS Research
14 August 2024
Our researchers have received $200,000 to develop artificial intelligence tools to better diagnose what goes wrong in the bone marrow of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) patients.
BTRU in Precision Therapeutics holds second Annual BTRU event
7 August 2024
The NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU) in Precision Cellular Therapeutics (BTRU) had its second Annual BTRU Event on the 17 June 2024 at Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham.
Vote for AI research shortlisted for the BHF Research Story of the Year award
AMIIC CVM Research
7 August 2024
Voting is open! Some of our British Heart Foundation funded research has been shortlisted for the BHF Research Story of the Year award. Discover more and vote for our work into developing an AI tool to predict people’s risk of having a heart attack years before it happens.
Qiang Zhang appointed Associate Professor of AI in Cardiovascular Imaging
CVM Research
29 July 2024
RDM and the Big Data Institute have appointed Dr Qiang Zhang as Associate Professor of AI in Cardiovascular Imaging.
Experts outline priority areas which should be addressed to advance treatment for inherited lung diseases
General NDCLS Research
29 July 2024
An expert group including Deborah Gill, Professor of Gene Medicine in RDM’s Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, has published a new position paper which addresses the gaps in research and treatment development for familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF) – a collection of individually rare and severe genetically inherited lung diseases.
Jeremy Tomlinson awarded Outstanding Chief Investigator in NIHR celebration
Awards General OCDEM
23 July 2024
Congratulations to Professor Jeremy Tomlinson on winning an award for ‘Outstanding Chief Investigator’ from the National Institute of Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Thames Valley and South Midlands Clinical Research Network (LCRN).
RDM Inaugural Lecture success for Professor Vanessa Ferreira
CVM General OCMR
23 July 2024
On Monday 22 July, Professor Vanessa Ferreira gave her inaugural lecture titled, The investigation of cardiovascular diseases using MRI parametric mapping: The Past, Present and Future.
New study finds semaglutide (or ‘Ozempic/Wegovy’) safe for brain health with possible benefits for cognition and nicotine dependence
General Research
17 July 2024
Semaglutide – widely known as Ozempic or Wegovy – does not appear to negatively impact brain health and is associated with lower risk of cognitive problems and less nicotine dependence, according to a new study.
Yellowstone Biosciences spinout launches to advance cutting-edge cancer therapies
General MRC MHU MRC WIMM Research
15 July 2024
Yellowstone Biosciences, a biotechnology spinout, has launched to pioneer new cancer treatments using advanced T-cell therapies based on groundbreaking research from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Senior Fellowship awarded to Costas Christodoulides
Awards General OCDEM
4 July 2024
Congratulations to Costas Christodoulides, who has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship with the British Heart Foundation.