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Gene therapy shows long-term benefit for treating blindness
Ophthalmology
29 April 2016
Pioneering gene therapy has restored some vision to John Radcliffe Hospital patients with a rare form of genetic blindness for as long as four years, raising hopes it could be used to cure common causes of vision loss, new University of Oxford research published today shows.
New project explores women’s experiences of science
20 April 2016
What is the key to success for women who work in science? A new website, launched this week, delves into the various experiences of successful women in science at the University of Oxford, through a collection of video narratives.
Oxford scientists involved in world’s biggest body scanning project
Integrative Neuroimaging
14 April 2016
The world’s largest health imaging study, funded by the Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, and the British Heart Foundation is launched today. It will create the biggest collection of scans of internal organs, and transform the way scientists study a wide range of diseases.
Researchers target intensive care noise problem
Anaesthetics Research
8 April 2016
TV presents one picture of an intensive care unit (ICU) – dimmed lights, hushed voices and softly bleeping machines. The reality is that it's more like a busy restaurant and frequently it's noisy enough to compete with a pneumatic drill. That's why Oxford University researchers have been trying to make intensive care noise less intensive.
Open Day on medical research by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Event
4 April 2016
This public open day will showcase groundbreaking medical research that is taking place in Oxford across a range of conditions
Antimatter changed physics, and the discovery of antimemories could revolutionise neuroscience
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
31 March 2016
Public missing out on a night’s worth of sleep every week
Ophthalmology
31 March 2016
Experts call for introduction of sleep guidelines in new report
Scientists pinpoint molecular signal that drives and enables spinal cord repair
Clinical Neurology Research
23 March 2016
Dave Bennett and colleagues from King's College London have identified a molecular signal which drives and enables the spinal cord’s natural capacity for repair after injury. The findings could one day lead to new treatments which enhance this spontaneous repair mechanism..
Electrical brain stimulation could support stroke recovery
Integrative Neuroimaging Research
17 March 2016
Applying an electric current to the brain can help recovery from stroke, Oxford University researchers have found.
Get inside your own head during brain week
7 March 2016
How do we perceive pain? How does light affect out mood? Can sound affect the taste of food? Do genes make some people more sociable?
Understanding how we perceive the threat of breathlessness
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
1 March 2016
Researchers find that components of a small group of brain cells in the brainstem are important in how people perceive the threat of breathlessness.
Unravelling the mystery of pain and anaesthesia
Anaesthetics Integrative Neuroimaging Research
15 February 2016
Listen to Irene Tracey discussing her work on pain at the Wellcome Collection/BBC World Service 'Exchanges at the Frontier' series
Omega-3 levels affect whether B vitamins can slow brain’s decline
Research Stroke & Dementia
18 January 2016
While research has already established that B vitamin supplements can help slow mental decline in older people with memory problems, an international team have now found that having higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids in your body could boost the B vitamins' effect.
Blind woman’s joy as she is able to read the time thanks to 'bionic eye'
Ophthalmology Research
5 January 2016
A patient who is the first in the UK to receive the world’s most advanced 'bionic eye' has been able to read the time for the first time in more than five years.
Celebrating 50 years of the British Neuroscience Association
21 December 2015
The British Neuroscience Association Christmas Symposium was held on the 14 December at the Kings College campus in The Strand, London.
Teaching old drugs new tricks
Clinical Neurology Research
24 November 2015
Researchers looking at multiple sclerosis investigate using drugs normally prescribed for other diseases.
Angela Vincent receives British Neuroscience Association Award
Award Clinical Neurology
19 November 2015
The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) has awarded Angela Vincent, FRS the 2016 Outstanding Contribution to British Neuroscience Award.