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\n \n 27 March 2020\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford researchers working in an unprecedented vaccine development effort to prevent COVID-19 have started screening healthy volunteers (aged 18-55) today for their upcoming ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine trial in the Thames Valley Region. The vaccine based on an adenovirus vaccine vector and the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is already in production but won\u2019t be ready for some weeks still.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 March 2020\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA vaccine candidate for COVID-19 has been identified by researchers from the Oxford Vaccine Group and Oxford's Jenner Institute.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA large field study of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in Nepal has shown a single dose to be safe and effective in reducing typhoid in children aged 9 months to <16 years in an endemic setting.
\n \n\n\n \n 1 October 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Sarah Atkinson\u2019s research team investigates whether an iron export mutation in African populations can protect from anaemia, malaria and bacterial infections.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 September 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCollaborative research between teams from the Department of Paediatrics and the Institut de Myologie shows how antisense oligonucleotides can penetrate muscles to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1, a rare muscle disease.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 June 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPBS features Daniel O'Connor's research on how children's genetic profiles affect their immunity.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 February 2019\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals have announced a new affiliation to advance therapies for rare diseases. The joint program combines capabilities to improve treatment options globally for patients with rare diseases.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn a Medium interview, Professor Matthew Wood, a professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Paediatrics, talks about his work and the advances that a new Rare Diseases Centre could herald for the future of rare disease and genetics.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 December 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWork published in Current Biology shows that lightly brushing in an infant can reduce pain-related brain activity evoked by a clinically necessary medical procedure.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Lancet has published the results of the Procedural Pain in Premature Infants (Poppi) study, ran by the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group and co-ordinated by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (Clinical Trials Unit).
\n \n\n\n \n 28 November 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Caroline Hartley, a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group, has been awarded the highly competitive Sir Henry Dale Fellowship.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 November 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Paediatric Neuroimaging research team from the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford will receive a \u00a3145,987 grant from Bliss, over three years, to fund a project which seeks to improve the measurement and treatment of pain in premature babies.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 October 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThere are between 11 and 27 million estimated cases of enteric fever worldwide every year, and 75,000\u2013220,000 deaths. Could vaccination stop the spread of these diesases in the environment?
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Matthew Snape leads a study investigating if giving small amounts of oral insulin to babies can prevent type 1 diabetes, thus allowing mothers to protect their children from injecting insulin.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe recommendations result from research by Prof Irene Roberts (Department of Paediatrics) and Prof Paresh Vyas (Radcliffe Department of Medicine), published in the British Journal of Haematology.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 March 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers are working with schools around the county to find 24,000 volunteers aged 16 to 18 years to take part in the Be on the TEAM (Teenagers Against Meningitis) trial, led by the Oxford Vaccine Group at the Oxford University's Paediatrics Department with funding and support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMildred Iro, a Paediatric Research Fellow working with the Oxford Vaccine Group, won the Lorber Prize for the best paediatric publication of 2017 for her work on childhood encephalitis admissions.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAnnina Gr\u00e4del works together with painter-printmaker and video-artist to create an artwork that reflects T-cells in the thymus
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\n \n\n \n \n \nToday is World Pneumonia Day!
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