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Chinese Medicine Seminar in DPAG
23 September 2016
A delegation of doctors in Chinese Medicine visited the Department in August to speak about their work and research.
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Trial offers hope of a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
23 September 2016
Professor Matthew Wood's group has found a promising treatment for degenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a leading genetic cause of child death.
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Jakub Tomek awarded Google Scholarship
5 September 2016
Jakub Tomek, a graduate student in DPAG has been awarded one of Google's prestigious student scholarships.
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Brianna Stubbs Wins Gold at Rowing World Championships
2 September 2016
DPhil Student Brianna Stubbs and her team mates finished top of the medal table at the Senior World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Study suggests routes to improved immunity in older people
23 August 2016
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older.
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Gero Miesenböck wins the Massry Prize 2016
18 August 2016
Gero Miesenböck has won the Massry Prize 2016 for his work on optogenetics. He shares the award with Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University and Peter Hegemann of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
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New hope for shock patients in intensive care
12 August 2016
Care for critically-ill patients with shock could be improved, it is hoped, after the first successful testing by University of Oxford scientists of a new machine to record oxygen consumption in real time.
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An Afternoon of Chinese Medicine in DPAG
10 August 2016
A group of esteemed Chinese medicine doctors will visit the Department on 25th August 2016 aiming to enhance communication and exchanges between biomedical/ physiological scientists and the Chinese medicine doctors.
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Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism
9 August 2016
A drink developed for soldiers to generate energy from ketones rather than carbs or fat allowed highly trained cyclists to add up to 400 meters of distance to their workouts, an Oxford-led study has reported in journal Cell Metabolism. The supplement, which will be commercially available within the year, works by temporarily switching the primary source of cellular energy from glucose or fat to ketones - molecules derived from fat that are known to be elevated in people consuming a low-carb, Atkins-like, diet.
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Researchers discover Sandman's role in sleep control
9 August 2016
Oxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, brings us closer to understanding the mystery of sleep.