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« Back to NewsBacterial armour plating has implications for antibiotics
3 November 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Medical science Research
A new study, involving researchers in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Kavli Institute, sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct their outer membrane to resemble body armour, which has far-reaching implications for the development of antibiotics.
$3m Rockefeller Foundation funding to strengthen pandemic surveillance and response innovation co-developed by Oxford biologists
1 November 2022
Biology COVID-19 Funding Medical science
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced $3 million in new funding for Global.health (G.h) – a first-of-its-kind, open-source platform for scientific pandemic data.
MenACWY teenage meningitis vaccine programme drives herd immunity across all ages
7 October 2022
Biology Medical science Research
Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported findings from a large-scale study that examined the impact of the UK’s MenACWY vaccination programme on the carriage of meningitis bacteria in the throats of UK teenagers.
Discovery of new nanowire assembly process could enable more powerful computer chips
29 September 2022
Functional materials Medical science Research
Researchers from Oxford University’s Department of Materials have developed a technique to precisely manipulate and place nanowires with sub-micron accuracy. This discovery could accelerate the development of even smaller and more powerful computer chips.
Night-time blood pressure assessment important in diagnosing hypertension
26 September 2022
Biomedical engineering Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
A new study involving Oxford's Department of Engineering Science has found that monitoring night-time blood pressure is important in preventing cardiovascular disease such as stroke or heart failure.
Overcoming drug-resistant cancer mutations with novel inhibitors
18 August 2022
Chemistry Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
A team led by researchers from Oxford Chemistry have recently published a study in Nature Communications investigating the mechanism behind a resistance to the drug ivosidenib that has developed in some types of cancer.
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria found in newborn children from low- and middle-income countries
8 August 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Medical science Research
Researchers at the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance (IOI) and the Department of Biology have revealed links between the presence of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics in mothers and their newborn babies, drawing on data from seven low- and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia.
Elephant genes could hold the key to avoiding cancers
15 July 2022
Biology Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research Zoology
Oxford biologists are part of an international team that has been modelling the cancer-suppressing p53 gene to identify how 20 different molecules unique to elephants are activated for increased sensitivity and response against carcinogenic conditions – with implications for cancer treatments in humans.
Museum of Natural History to showcase Science Together community-researcher collaborations
1 June 2022
MPLS Medical science Public Engagement
The 'Explore Science Together' event takes place at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Tuesday 7 June.
Doctoral research funding initiative launched to tackle antimicrobial resistance
1 June 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Funding Medical science
Funding to train the next generation of cutting-edge antimicrobial resistance researchers has been announced by Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI), the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge.
New Biochemistry Building renamed the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building
5 May 2022
Chemistry Medical science Women in science
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin made key contributions to Medical Sciences and was the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
8 February 2022
Biomedical engineering Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
Researchers at Oxford University have implanted a novel closed-loop research platform for investigating the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) – a brainstem nucleus – in Parkinson’s-like Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA).
Cancer Research UK to invest £11 million into cancer science in Oxford
26 January 2022
Funding Medical science Research
A £11 million Cancer Research UK investment has been awarded to the University of Oxford and Oxford-based NHS to catalyse the translation of its world-leading cancer research for patient benefit.
Superbug MRSA arose in hedgehogs long before clinical use of antibiotics
6 January 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Medical science Zoology
Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in humans and livestock, which has traditionally been blamed for its emergence.
New test can identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread
6 January 2022
Chemistry Medical science Research
A publication by University of Oxford researchers describes a new minimally invasive and inexpensive blood test that can identify cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms.
Student start-up CyanoCapture is a winner in $5m XPRIZE for carbon removal projects
16 November 2021
Award Biology Climate MPLS Medical science Plant sciences Spin out
A carbon capture company established less than a year ago by two Oxford students has been announced as one of 23 winners of the XPRIZE student competition.
Mosquito detection project releases large-scale acoustic mosquito dataset
9 November 2021
Engineering Medical science Research
The HumBug project has developed methods to detect and identify different species of mosquitoes using the acoustic signature (sound) of their flight tones, captured on an inexpensive smartphone.
Oxford joins consortium to advance quantum drug discovery with £6.8M grant from Innovate UK
5 November 2021
Funding Innovation and Enterprise Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Quantum Statistics
Oxford University today joins a consortium led by the digital quantum computing company, SEEQC, to build and deliver a full-stack quantum computer for pharmaceutical drug development for Merck KGaA.
Construction gets underway at Oxford’s Life and Mind Building
3 November 2021
Biology MPLS Medical science Plant sciences Zoology
This is the largest building project ever undertaken on behalf of the University and will be its largest teaching and research facility.
New research provides compelling evidence of the connection between AMR surgical-site infections and arthropods
30 September 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Chemistry Medical science Research Zoology
AMR could render many of the current mainstay and last-resort antibiotics useless, resulting in many more deaths from previously treatable infections. In 2019, a UN report estimated that drug-resistant microbes could lead to ten million deaths per year, and cost the world $100trn, by 2050.