Anchoring a key immune molecule boosts T cell responses Researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have found that physically resisting the formation of an immunological synapse actually promotes a stronger immune response. The findings could help explain how immune responses become weakened in cancer and chronic infection and inform the design of more effective vaccines.

The findings could help explain how immune responses become weakened in cancer and chronic infection, and inform the design of more effective vaccines.

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A new study led by Prof Mike Dustin at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social has found that physically resisting the formation of an immunological synapse promotes a stronger immune response.

Oxford joins new West Africa consortium to accelerate climate and health solutions Researchers from the University of Oxford have joined African universities and regional experts who are working with Wellcome to establish new science and policy consortiums that will address the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change - saving lives and livelihoods.

They are working to establish new science and policy consortiums that will address the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change – saving lives and livelihoods.

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University of Oxford researchers, including Prof Sara Khalid from the Botnar Institute, have joined African universities and regional experts who are working with Wellcome.

Oxford joins new West Africa consortium to accelerate climate and health solutions

Jacob McKnight and @ox.ac.uk researchers have joined African experts to address the escalating public health crisis driven by climate change @cghr.ox.ac.uk

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Amit Halkhoree

🎉 Congratulations to Amit Halkhoree, who has successfully defended his DPhil thesis!

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Social care for hip fracture costs the NHS over £1.25 billion, equating to £15K per patient every year according to a new NDORMS study. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/the-hidden-costs-of...

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Drugs identified that could help prevent delirium after surgery | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

A study has found that several commonly used drugs could significantly reduce the risk of #delirium in older people following surgery oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/drugs-identi... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

‘Hidden’ cost of social care after hip fracture exceeds £1.25bn a year in UK, study estimates | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

The cost of social care following hip fractures is an estimated £1.25 billion per year in the UK, according to new research oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/hidden-cost-... @ndorms.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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Chian Yang

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Public support for sharing health data for AI research depends on clear public benefit, strong safeguards, and meaningful consent, according to a new study based on focus groups with members of the UK public. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/public-trust-in-hea...

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Usman Nazir

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New research, led by Dr Loren Kell, has demonstrated for the first time that rapamycin can reduce DNA damage in immune cells, a hallmark of ageing.

Targeting this DNA damage could be a key way to rejuvenate immune systems in older people.

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NDORMS and NDCN collaborate with Oxford University Hospitals to form the Kadoorie Institute for Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), along with the Critical Care Research Team at Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (NDCN) have formally become a new Institute within the University of Oxford: the Kadoorie Institute for Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care.

Together they are now the Kadoorie Institute for Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care!

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Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care at NDORMS, along with the Critical Care Research Team at NDCN has formally become an Institute within the University of Oxford.

Use of ADHD medication in UK more than tripled in 13 years, study finds UK had highest relative increase of five countries in study, with 20-fold rise in proportion of women over 25 using it

Check out The Guardian’s report on Xintong Li’s latest paper, looking at the use of ADHD medication in Europe!

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A new study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe has found that the use of medications for ADHD has increased substantially across Europe over the past decade. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/adhd-medication-use...

What determines the fate of a T cell? Research led by Dr Mariana Borsa at the Kennedy Institute has found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role in ensuring that T cells generate diverse progenies upon cell division. The findings, published in Nature Cell Biology, could help boost vaccine response in older adults.

The findings, published in Nature Cell Biology, could help boost vaccine response in older adults.

T cells

Research led by Dr Mariana Borsa at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social has found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role in ensuring that T cells generate diverse progenies upon cell division.

Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen for being awarded a Fighting Blindness Canada 2025 Clinician-Scientist Emerging Leader award! The award recognises her work on preventing sight-threatening complications of thyroid eye disease. https://bit.ly/4a7xGX0