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\n \n\n \n \n \nEvery medicine we take has been extensively trialled to prove it is safe and it works, but the same standards do not necessarily apply to medical devices like joint replacements, surgical mesh or pacemakers.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is delighted to be taking part in the Oxfordshire Science Festival this month.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Lauren Morgan, a lecturer in the Patient Safety Academy, talks to the Oxford Science Blog about what human factors research can teach medics about improving healthcare.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Biobank team at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences have taken part in a series of short educational films about sample processing for whole genome sequencing for the 100,000 Genomes Project.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSaturday 7 May saw the inaugural OxAAA Aneurysm Awareness Day, held at the Tingewick Hall in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
\n \n\n\n \n 29 April 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) and the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) have received several awards and accolades for their work on a novel software algorithm that analyses kidney stones.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA multi-disciplinary team of scientists led by Oxford University has been shortlisted along with eight other groups, to the final stages of Cancer Research UK's global Grand Challenge \u2013 an ambitious series of \u00a320m cancer grants tackling some of the toughest questions in cancer research.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe IDEAL Conference 2016, held at St Catherine\u2019s College in Oxford on 7 April, closed with a presentation for Best Poster.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA public open day to showcase groundbreaking medical research that is taking place in Oxford across a range of conditions such as cancer and diabetes will be held at the John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) this month.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is delighted to announce that the COPE Consortium has completed its trial recruitment in its European liver study.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 March 2016\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe start of the year saw Nizar Touati join the Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG) directed by Professor Kathryn Wood at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, as part of a Master of Science traineeship.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences\u2019 Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) has recently completed a research project which prioritised research topics in transplantation.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford University scientists have started a clinical trial to test a new vaccine against prostate cancer and are looking for volunteers to take part.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford\u2019s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have developed a nerve implant that continually releases minute quantities of a drug that stops scarring.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Lauren Morgan has been interviewed by the National Health Executive magazine about the small but growing impact of her profession, human factors, on the NHS.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn article on The ONE Study, an EU funded project in which the Transplantation Research Immunology Group are consortium members, has been featured on the European Commission's Horizon 2020 website.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMatthew Woodward, a Human Factors Researcher at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, presented at the annual \u2018Celebrating Trauma Research in the Thames Valley\u2019 conference.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSurgery is getting safer thanks to NIHR-funded research by an Oxford University team that has brought together two previously competing theories about how best to protect patients.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Zeeshan Akhtar has written a post for the Oxford Science Blog about his research into how we could ensure more organs are suitable for transplant.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Kathryn Wood recently took part in an outreach symposium organised by the Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC).
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