Teens should exercise vigorously for at least 20 minutes per day to reap increased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), according to a cross-sectional study from the U.K.
Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV programme have launched a further study of COVID-19 vaccination schedules in young people aged 12 to 15 \u2013 with a focus on assessing different options for a third dose booster vaccination.
Skeletal muscle, which accounts for over 40% of the total mass in healthy individuals, plays a central role in maintenance of organismal homeostasis. Conversely, muscle atrophy upon acute and chronic conditions, ranging from genetic muscular dystrophy to critical illnesses, cachexia and sarcopenia, significantly correlates with levels of disability and is an important predictor of mortality. Despite the urgent medical need, treatments able to efficiently counteract muscle loss are lacking due to an incomplete understanding of the underlying intricate molecular mechanisms of regulation.
A new paper from researchers at the Department of Paediatrics and the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences has shown that fibroblasts in the thymus, often considered simply as dull \u201cstructural\u201d cells, are much more complex than previously thought.
COVID-19 vaccines given as fourth doses in the UK offer excellent boosting immunity protection, according to the latest results from a nationwide NIHR-supported study.
The University of Oxford in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSoM) has begun recruiting for a Phase I/II trial of a new paratyphoid vaccine in human volunteers in Oxford.
The Oxford Vaccine Group\u2019s Lead Statistician, Professor Merryn Voysey, received the prestigious Australian of the Year in the UK award at a gala dinner recently.
The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is based within the KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medical Research \u2013 (Coast). The core activities are funded by the Wellcome Trust. They conduct integrated epidemiological, social, laboratory and clinical research in parallel, with results feeding into local and international health policy.
Friday 29 April is International Day of Immunology, an opportunity to raise global awareness of the importance of immunology in the fight against disease. Immunology research at the IDRM focuses on revealing the fundamental mechanisms that dictate the development and function of our immune system\u2019s ability to efficiently respond to harmful antigens, while being tolerant towards the body\u2019s own tissues.
The campaign theme for this year is #BreakTheBias. Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. Today, we celebrate the achievements of several of IDRM\u2019s women over the past year.
In the UK, every 5 days a baby is born with SMA. Treatments are available now. If these treatments are delivered at birth, these newborns have the best chance of living long and healthy lives. If treated later, when they are identified because of the symptoms, they may survive, but with a severe disability. So, for every 5 days that a newborn screening is delayed, a baby in the UK loses the chance of a brighter future. \r\nOxford University is initiating a population-based newborn screening study in the Thames Valley. This study aims to make it possible to detect SMA within days of birth, before symptoms develop, so that any affected newborn can receive diagnosis and treatment at the earliest possible opportunity. We hope that it will pave the way for a national newborn screening that will save about 70 babies/year in the UK from disability
More than 3 years after construction commenced, IDRM is proud to announce that the IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, which houses the new Institute, at Old Road Campus has been completed.
Things that seemed impossible, only a few years ago, are happening today. The first patient in Europe and one of the first in the world was injected with a potential treatment, GTX-102, in a phase I/II clinical trial in Oxford.
For decades physicians believed that premature babies didn\u2019t experience pain. Here\u2019s what doctors know now \u2013 and the innovative solutions being embraced by today's caregivers.
The University of Oxford and Brazilian Ministry of Health have announced a joint initiative to set up a global health and clinical research unit in Brazil led by Professor Sue Ann Clemens CBE.
A new study published this week in Nature, provides the most detailed analysis so far of the prenatal development of blood and immune cells in the bone marrow.
A new paper published this week in Cell Reports reveals that changes in the gene expression of blood stem cells occur across the human lifetime; an important step in the understanding and treatment of blood disorders.
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