Research

A collaborative project between the Newstead and Sansom groups in the Department of Biochemistry and Christian Siebold’s group in the Division of Structural Biology has led to the first high resolution structure of a full length G-Protein Coupled Receptor called Smoothened.

Professor of Mitochondrial Genetics, Joanna Poulton gives her views on the recent announcement that a baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now five months old.

With approximately 9.6 million adults in England with musculoskeletal conditions, such as back pain or arthritis and a cost to the UK economy of around £7.4 billion a year through lost working days, it is essential we deliver evidence-based treatments which benefit these patients. Led by Professor Sallie Lamb at the Centre for Rehabilitation Research in Oxford (part of NDORMS), the Rehabilitation group focuses predominantly on rehabilitation for people with a range of chronic and acute musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, spanning children to older adults.

A petition calling for the meningitis B vaccine to be given to all children, at least up to age 11 years has gained a record number of signatories.

We live in an interconnected age where wirelessly controlled computing devices make almost every aspect of our lives easier, but they also make us vulnerable to cyber-security attacks.

We feel good when we do a good deed, so there must be a psychological benefit to helping others? But how can we know for sure?

All it takes is a sneeze. A few days later, you wake up with a fever, a sore throat and a headache. By lunchtime, your nose is running and your muscles hurt. You have the flu

Drugs can help – but what happens when you mix them?

Over the past 25 years, scientists have supported the view that modern humans left Africa around 50,000 years ago, spreading to different parts of the world by replacing resident human species like the Neanderthals. However, rapid advances in genetic sequencing have opened up a whole new window into the past, suggesting that human history is much more complicated.

When celebrity chef Jamie Oliver began campaigning for a tax on sugary drinks he expected a fight, and he was not disappointed.

Researchers from the University’s Oxford Internet Institute asked nationally representative samples of men and women in four countries how they felt after gaming using the APA checklist of health symptoms.

We are only beginning to unravel the genetic and biochemical basis of mental illness – a vague term including conditions as diverse as anxiety, depression, and mood and psychotic disorders.

Growing scientific evidence suggests that getting up and grooving with others has a lot of benefits.

Viruses have been a threat to humanity for as long as we have existed. As we make progress in the fight against them, can we also learn to use their tricks to our own advantage.

The structure of a cellular enzyme that is crucial for the survival of many pathogenic viruses has been solved in a new study.

Summing up your entire doctorate in three minutes is a challenge. That's about 400 - 500 words, compared to the 80,000 word limit for a doctoral thesis. Yet, that's the challenge of the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), a competition originally developed by The University of Queensland.

Professor Chris Tang from the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology discussed the significance of the Dunn School in the development of penicillin.

Elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures could avoid surgery, according to research by a UK team led by NDORMS at the Oxford University.

Professor Andrew Carr leads the Orthopaedics theme at the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit at NDORMS, aiming to improve evidence for the effectiveness of surgery generally and to translate novel biomaterials and biological therapies into the clinic.

Researchers have identified 12 specific areas of the DNA sequence that are robustly related with the age at which we have our first child, and the total number of children we have during the course of our life.