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\n \n 11 March 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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn the latest issue of the Blueprint, Shaunna Latchman meets Professor of Paediatric Neuroimaging, Rebeccah Slater to discuss the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group and find out why a gentle touch really does goes a long way.
\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.
\n \n\n\n \n 7 December 2018\n \n
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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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFrom the Town Hall, through pubs, up to shopping centres \u2013 throughout October, teams from Paediatrics have been showcasing their work all over Oxford as part of the Ideas Festival.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Department of Paediatrics has been granted the Athena SWAN Silver Award in recognition for its contribution to advancement of equality and excellence in employment.
\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 \nDeniz Gursul won the Inez Oliver Prize for an outstanding essay on how brain imaging is used for measuring pain in babies, and how it can assist in developing pain relief measures.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nWhat does it mean to be poor in the UK and around the world? Could we eliminate this kind of inequality or is it an unavoidable part of society? This needs a lot more thought...
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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\n \n \n \nThe National Health Service named Oxford Vaccine Group\u2019s Meningitis B vaccination programme one of the 70 most transformative discoveries over the past 70 years.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nA short video, \"How do babies feel pain?\", created by Dr Fiona Moultrie, Charlotte Moultrie and Prof. Rebeccah Slater, has received recognition in the 2018 OxTalent award ceremony.
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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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA team from the Paediatric Neuroimaging group present their research on pain in babies at this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 May 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWhy do we celebrate the International Clinical Trials Day?
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nTo understand how vaccines work, it helps to look first at how the immune system works, because vaccines harness the natural activity of your immune system. This short animation explains how vaccines enable the body to make the right sort of antibodies to fight a particular disease.
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