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« Back to NewsOxVent ventilator set to be manufactured at-scale
14 February 2022
COVID-19 Engineering Physical sciences underpinning health Spin out
Created by a team from the University of Oxford in collaboration with King’s College London, the OxVent ventilator was designed especially for COVID-19 in response to the UK Government’s ‘Ventilator Challenge’ to address the potential shortage of ventilators caused by the pandemic.
First-in-human implant of a “closed-loop” bioelectronic research system
8 February 2022
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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).
Oxford joins consortium to advance quantum drug discovery with £6.8M grant from Innovate UK
5 November 2021
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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.
University of Oxford Launches Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology
23 September 2021
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Oxford University has been selected as the home of the new Podium Analytics Institute for Youth Sports Medicine and Technology. This will be the world’s first academic Institute focused on young athletes’ safety and lifelong health.
Oxford overseas research facility expands to include diagnostics and genetics testing centre
8 July 2021
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The Oxford-Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research, known as OSCAR, has marked another significant milestone with the launch of OSCAR-Prenetics Innovation and Technology Centre for Advanced Molecular Diagnostics (the OSCAR-Prenetics ITC).