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Revealing how blood proteins shape disease 🔎
Researchers from Oxford Population Health helped lead one of the largest studies to date exploring how genetic differences influence the proteins circulating in our blood. 📊
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📣Exciting news for the EASi-KIDNEY trial!
📣 Introducing a new toolkit to support data research – Phenofhy
Phenofhy is a new open-source Python package designed to make working with the @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social research environment easier and more accessible for researchers.
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@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
Individuals addicted to opioids have a 56% higher risk of developing dementia than non-users, according to a new study with @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social, published in @alzdemjournals.bsky.social 🧠
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#AlzSky #AlzResearch
We put people at the centre of our research to ensure it is relevant and beneficial to those who need it most.
Recently, some of our @ephresearchcentre.bsky.social colleagues took part in the annual @oxfordbrc.bsky.social Health Research Showcase to introduce health economics to the public. 🎈
Mapping HIV-1 genetic diversity 🗺️
A challenge of vaccine development is the genetic diversity of the virus. A new study published in @thelancet.com has mapped genetic variants of the HIV-1, the most common type of HIV.
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Stem cells in the blood can retain a molecular "memory" of inflammation that may increase the risk of age-related disease, according to a new study in @nature.com 💡
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Today is Clinical Trials Day 🩺
EASi-KIDNEY is a major trial investigating a potential new treatment to help slow progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and reduce cardiovascular events.
Last week we celebrated @ouhospitals.bsky.social 100th patient recruited!
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Using wearable GPS to predict disease 📍
A new study from the Big Data Institute shows that how close people live to unsafe water sources strongly predicts their exposure to schistosomiasis, a debilitating waterborne parasitic disease.
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