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A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a study led by the University of Oxford.

(previously called 'Brief on Illiberal Amendments. The University is proposing amendments to its Statute XI on discipline, which will update and clarify policy on serious sexual misconduct.

Researchers from the University of Oxford will present new exciting data on the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine during the 8th Pan-African Malaria Conference, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH)-Rwanda and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).

Research led by scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh has found that early good blood glucose control can minimise the lifetime risk of diabetes-related complications, including heart attacks, kidney failure and vision loss. These latest results from the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) , one of the longest ever clinical trials in type 2 diabetes, were made feasible by incorporating NHS data.

New research has found that damage to the natural environment is slowing the UK economy, and could lead to an estimated 12% reduction to GDP in the years ahead - larger than the hit to GDP from the global financial crisis or Covid-19.

The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC, or the Centre) has moved to Oxford University after being awarded extension funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

The University of Oxford is part of country-wide trials to identify accurate and quick blood tests that can diagnose dementia.

A new report released today, co-led by the University of Oxford, has found that most Britons support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives, but believe improvements are needed to ensure they are relevant to their everyday experiences.

Researchers at the University of Oxford, the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have been granted £1.7 million of funding from Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation to develop a lung cancer vaccine.

Fresh insights from the World Happiness Report 2024 paint the richest picture yet of happiness trends across different ages and generations. Experts use responses from people in more than 140 nations to rank the world's 'happiest' countries.

The ambition of policymakers navigating the energy transition has surpassed the capacity of economic modelling for the first time, a new keynote paper argues.

Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics , University of Oxford, have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy.

Women who are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) outside the NHS breast screening programme are around four times as likely to develop invasive breast cancer and to die from breast cancer than women in the general population, finds a University of Oxford study published by The BMJ .

The Jenner Institute is conducting a new study, using BCG, the current licensed vaccine against tuberculosis. In this study, they will give BCG a second time to people who have already had BCG once before, and will compare whether giving it by inhalation is better at protecting people against tuberculosis than giving it into the skin As the natural route of infection with tuberculosis is through inhalation of droplets into the lungs, this study, which delivers BCG by the same route, is hoped to be better at stimulating the immune system.

Polluting companies could be liable for trillions in damages from climate lawsuits. But few investors and regulators are taking these risks into account when evaluating companies' climate-related financial risks, according to new Oxford Sustainable Law programme research published today in Science.

The latest set of data presented by the MBRRACE-UK Collaboration investigation into maternal deaths in the UK shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy has increased to levels not seen since 2003-05.

Research led by scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Copenhagen, Bristol and California ÜBerkeley) reveals the evolutionary origins of multiple sclerosis (MS). This new insight into the genetic architecture of this disease changes scientists' view of its causes and has implications for its treatment, as well as paving the way for further investigations into other diseases.

COP28's outcome is meaningful. For the first time in three decades (since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was founded, and the year I was born) oil and gas has been included in an agreed text.

Storm and flooding: Significant and long-term risks to society, the economy and finance, from increasing the risk and impacts of pandemics, floods and droughts. Credit: Getty Images "Nature is not the elephant in the room, it's the huge green scorpion running towards us"- study author. Biodiversity loss and environmental degradation generates significant and long-term risks to society, the economy and finance..and risks to global supply chains.

The MBRRACE-UK collaboration , which is co-led by The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) group at the University of Leicester and Oxford Population Health's National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) , has today published the results of a confidential enquiry into the care of Black and Asian babies born in the UK in 2019.

While most remote GP consultations are safe, the 'Remote by Default' study finds that GP consultations conducted remotely carry more risk for patients with some urgent conditions.

A major new survey of trust and mistrust in the UK has revealed worryingly high levels of mistrust in society, with a quarter of respondents mistrustful of other people and a similar proportion keen for help to feel more trusting. Researchers from the University of Oxford surveyed a representative group of 10,382 UK adults.

Confused scientist: LLMs are currently treated as knowledge-bases, and used to generate information in response to questions.

Were lockdowns an effective response to Covid-19 or would it have been better to limit intervention and let individuals spontaneously reduce their own risk of infection?  Three years on from the publ

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