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\n \n\n \n \n \nAparna presented her work on Cowden Syndrome at the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal College of Physicians meeting for Clinical Scientists in Training on the 27th February 2013.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe origin of an innate ability the brain has to protect itself from damage that occurs in stroke has been explained for the first time. The results, published in Nature Medicine, and led by Prof Alastair Buchan, University of Oxford, demonstrate the important role played by the protein hamartin.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vulnerable to H1N1 swine flu has been found by researchers at the University of Oxford and Beijing Capital Medical University.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearch published online today led by DTU researchers has found that people may be able to test themselves for diabetes in the comfort of their own home, using a novel electronic screening device.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe RDM Scholars Programme is the Department\u2019s flagship funding programme, providing a number of fully funded four year scholarships for basic science students wishing to undertake a DPhil (PhD) in Medical Sciences.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the commonest cause of death. A recent study in Nature Genetics, reports on the largest genetic study to date assessing the impact of common variation on CAD risk.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the commonest cause of death. A recent study in Nature Genetics, reports on the largest genetic study to date assessing the impact of common variation on CAD risk. 15 new risk alleles were identified, bringing the total number of confirmed CAD susceptibility loci in individuals of European and south Asian ancestry to 45.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProf Raj Thakker delivered the Jack W. Cobourn Endowed Lectureship at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, in November 2012.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAparna has won the 2012 Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Award at the Royal College of Physicians for her work on PTEN.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWho was elected/awarded the Jack W. Coburn endowed lecture at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology held earlier in November 2012.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford University has come joint second in the world, and top in medicine, in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Douglas R Higgs has been announced as the new Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM) at the University of Oxford, following the retirement of eminent immunologist Professor Sir Andrew McMichael.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDTU Director Professor Rury Holman was elected as the first China Initiative for Diabetes Excellence (CIDE) program Visiting Professor on 21st September 2012, and gave four invited talks at their two-day meeting in Hangzhou, China.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMatthew has been awarded a Diabetes Research Wellness Foundation Non-Clinical Research Fellowship.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe first single gene cause of increased sensitivity to the hormone insulin has been discovered by a team of Oxford University researchers.
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\n \n\n \n \n \n13 Sep 12 People with a rare genetic condition show profound insulin sensitivity.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Prof Raj Thakker who was awarded \"The Parathyroid Medal\" by the Fondazione Raffaella Becagli (F.I.R.M.O.)(Florence, Italy).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Prof Stephen Gough who has been appointed Chairman of OCDEM for the next three years.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nTen further DNA \"hotspots\" linked to the most common form of diabetes have been uncovered by scientists, bringing the total to more than 60.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nTen further DNA \"hotspots\" linked to the most common form of diabetes have been uncovered by scientists, bringing the total to more than 60.
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