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The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to fund medical research.
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Our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow in #Neurosciences, Linxin Li, gave a fascinating talk this week on the worrying trend of rising #strokes in adults under 55 and the key risk factors?

Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/gjiaU5ztHq8?...

@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social #preventativeneurology
Why are more younger people having strokes? Linxin Li
YouTube video by Oxford BRC
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Our November #newsletter is out now!

Features include:
🧠 #antidepressant – and how they affect the body
🎨 Whatwecarry – a collaborative art-science project around #chronicpain
#DisabilityHistoryMonth

Catch up on all the latest from our BRC and partners:
tinyurl.com/NovOHBRCnews...
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our researchers are trialling a new home test to diagnose type 1 diabetes #T1D in children and young people to see if could work in the NHS oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/at-home-test... #WorldDiabetesDay @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk
At-home test could play key role in type-1 diabetes screening | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This looks a really interesting talk - especially for those working in women's health, health equity or public engagement
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It’s #WorldDiabetesDay, a great opportunity to recall the recently created national registry that could transform care for people at risk of type 1 diabetes #T1D #diabetes oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/national-reg... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk
National registry launched to transform care for people at risk of type 1 diabetes | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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#WIMMReads: New @nature.com study, led by the Simmons & Antanaviciute Groups, used advanced single-cell and spatial analysis techniques to map the cells that drive #Crohn's fistulas - paving the way for targeted treatments 🧪

Learn more 👇

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Oxford scientists map the cells that drive Crohn’s disease fistulas
Researchers at the MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas - painful, tunnel-like tracts that dev...
www.imm.ox.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Scientists at @imm.ox.ac.uk have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas in some people with #CrohnsDisease oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/scientists-m... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social
Scientists map cells that drive Crohn’s disease fistulas, paving way for targeted treatments | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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Bash The Bug (@BashTheBug) / X
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow in #Neurosciences, Linxin Li, gave a fascinating talk this week on the worrying trend of rising #strokes in adults under 55 and the key risk factors?

Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/gjiaU5ztHq8?...

@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social #preventativeneurology
Why are more younger people having strokes? Linxin Li
YouTube video by Oxford BRC
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Join us this evening for a FREE public talk with the brilliant Linxin Li, #Clinical #Research Fellow in #Neurosciences at #Oxford University, to explore why more younger people are having strokes and is there a solution?
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Refreshments 5:40pm.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This trial led by Professor Clare Verrill gives hope for more accurate and speedier diagnosis of #ProstateCancer. Great that @ouhospitals.bsky.social is one of the three NHS trusts taking part
@ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Clinical Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Linxin Li interviewed on BBC RADIO OXFORD below with key insights on her Free Public Talk ‘Why are more younger people having strokes?
Listen in: Adam Ball Show at 10:13.
Come along tomorrow 6pm, Rewley House, Oxford, OX1 2JA.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Can AI tools improve clinician decision-making in emergency departments?

OUH and @radiobotics.bsky.social have launched the UK’s first RCT of AI-assisted fracture detection.

More details on: www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...

@sbrihealthcare.bsky.social @healthinnovox.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Meet Linxin Li, our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford Uni. who is delivering the Free Public Talk in Oxford on Tuesday. She’s won 7 research awards over the last ten years.

🔎Read her profile: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/linxin-li
#stroke #disease #healthcare #communityimpact
@ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Really good to see these findings.
The BRC is very proud to have supported this research.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
NEWS | The Oxford Vaccine Group are proud to share landmark findings from an Oxford-led study, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.

🔗 Find the article in full on the Oxford Vaccine Group website, linked in the thread below, or head directly to the NEJM page to learn more
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Recent stroke data indicates a worrying trend. Join our Free Public Talk in #Oxford next week as we ask 'Why are more younger people having strokes?'
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/eQUcwCcY

#StrokeActionNow #ActFAST #WorldStrokeDay #StrokeAwareness #EveryMinuteCounts

@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Date for your diary! 💡FREE Public Talk - 4th Nov – #Oxford
Why is there a recent increase in #Strokes among adults in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. This means a higher risk of #disability. Is this #preventable?
🔎 Read more: oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/brc-event/fr...
@ox.ac.uk @oxfordnewstoday.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A major nationwide #research study has revealed almost 70% of Bowel #Cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable.

🔎Read the findings: oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/almost-70-of...

Funded by
@bowelcanceruk.bsky.social
@cancerresearchuk.org
Health Data Research UK
@nihr.bsky.social
Oxford BRC.
@ox.ac.uk
Almost 70% of bowel cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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October 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
World’s largest #HipFracture research platform - based @ndorms.bsky.social launched to improve care and outcomes for patients oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/worlds-large... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
World’s largest hip fracture research platform launched to improve care and outcomes | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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An NDORMS study has found that a tailored exercise programme for people aged 80 years + with osteoarthritis is practical and acceptable, leading the way to a large clinical trial. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/study-finds-tailored-exercise-programme-feasible-for-adults-over-80-with-osteoarthritis
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Great to see this interview with @danlasserson.bsky.social from our Digital Health from Hospital to Home theme about the benefits of delivering acute care in community settings @nihr.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social @uhcw-nhs.bsky.social @randd-uhcw.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
bmj.com The BMJ @bmj.com · Oct 13
“You can make a diagnosis, explain it to the patient and their family, and start treatment—all without moving them. It’s effective and personal.”

@danlasserson.bsky.social explains why ambulatory care is so rewarding
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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New paper by @vbrunner.bsky.social looking at detecting rifampicin resistant subpopulations in M. tuberculosis infections using genetics and putting a lower limit on the proportion that arose due to secondary infections.

bit.ly/47rwf42

@modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
New paper: What can subpopulations tell us about rifampicin resistance?
Last Thursday this work which we'd previously preprinted looking at looking at rifampicin-resistant subpopulations in clinical M. tuberculosis samples was published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. If...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Throughout October, Oxford will host events celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth – recognising the impact of Black heritage and culture on Britain, the world, and our University.

More info ⬇️ #BHM
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/black-history-month
Black History Month at Oxford | University of Oxford
Oxford University is delivering another programme of events for Black History Month throughout October.
www.ox.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Our October newsletter is out!
Highlights:
🧠 #Neurodiversity Conference success
🌍 #WorldMentalHealth Day reflections
🏛️ New Research Inclusion Hub launch
Catch up here 👉 tinyurl.com/OHBRCissue20
October 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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📢 #AlliedHealthProfessionals

Looking to lead/co-lead a programme of applied health research that can drive a transformative step-change in the way the health and care services can meet the needs of the UK public?

Apply now 🪙: Programme Grants for Applied Research 👇
www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/prog...
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM