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\n \n\n \n20 December 2021
\n \n \n \nIn this latest podcast episode, our DPhil students Danielle Perro and Magda Mareckova, explore how surgery, psychological interventions, and other more holistic and personalised options can help manage endometriosis associated symptoms.
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\n \n\n \n31 August 2021
\n \n \n \nEndometriosis is a painful, chronic condition in which tissue from the uterus inappropriately grows outside the uterus.
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\n \n\n \n26 March 2019
\n \n \n \nA technique to produce eggs from ovarian tissue in the lab may offer hope for critically endangered species like the Northern White Rhino that have passed what is currently considered the point of no return.
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\n \n\n \n19 January 2017
\n \n \n \nFunding for a five-year, $3 million multi-centre collaborative study into the causes of endometriosis has been awarded by the US National Institutes of Health to Oxford Professors Krina Zondervan and Christian Becker, Directors of the Oxford Endometriosis CaRe Centre.
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\n \n\n \n29 September 2016
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\n \n\n \n28 September 2016
\n \n \n \nProfessor of Mitochondrial Genetics, Joanna Poulton gives her views on the recent announcement that a baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now five months old.
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\n \n\n \n22 June 2016
\n \n \n \nLien Davidson, a 2nd year DPhil student in the Coward Group, won the Medical Sciences Divisional heat and was then runner up in the University final in a recent 3-minute thesis competition.
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\n \n\n \n13 June 2016
\n \n \n \nA pioneering new charity dedicated to helping young people at risk of infertility has been set up by specialists from the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, the Institute of Research Studies at the University of Oxford, and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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\n \n\n \n16 May 2016
\n \n \n \nWomen and their families are encouraged to come along to a public open day, on Tuesday 24th May, about research into the health of women and babies. During the event you can listen to talks and meet the teams who are involved in gynaecology, pregnancy and reproduction research.
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\n \n\n \n3 March 2016
\n \n \n \nThe Endometriosis CaRe Centre, based in the Women\u2019s Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, now sees and treats more women with endometriosis than any other unit in the UK. It was established in 2013 as a partnership between the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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\n \n\n \n17 December 2015
\n \n \n \nMore children in England and Wales, who are at high risk of being infertile after cancer treatment, will be given the chance of a family later in life thanks to a major donation to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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\n \n\n \n15 December 2015
\n \n \n \nThe success rate of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) hovers around 30%. Even in successful cases, the incidence of multiple births, due to multiple embryo transfer, and their associated morbidity, is dangerously high. Now a new paper reveals how laser technology is being used to make ART safer and more efficient.
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\n \n\n \n9 November 2015
\n \n \n \nThe link between chronic pain that affects millions of women and hormones that control the menstrual cycle and reproductive function is to be studied for the first time by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
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\n \n\n \n5 May 2015
\n \n \n \nThe 12th Conference of the European Society for Reproductive Immunology will be held at Magdalen College, Oxford from Monday 21st \u2013 Thursday 24th September 2015
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\n \n\n \n6 March 2015
\n \n \n \nWhat innovative therapies are there for Endometriosis - a condition that affects up to 10% of women during their reproductive life span, causing severe pelvic pain and reduced fertility.
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\n \n\n \n28 January 2015
\n \n \n \nWhen assessing and planning treatment for women with chronic pelvic pain, a condition affecting more than one million women in the UK, the key role of the central nervous system must be considered.
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\n \n\n \n16 November 2014
\n \n \n \nIt was in October 1978, 36 years ago, that the world\u2019s first 'test tube' baby was born, in Manchester. Consultant gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and research physiologist Robert Edwards were pioneering the technique.
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\n \n\n \n13 October 2014
\n \n \n \nDrs Suzannah Williams and Dagan Wells explore the secrets and processes behind human fertilisation. Sperm and eggs must face huge challenges before they even meet. After fertilisation, they go on to form a small ball of cells with huge potential.
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\n \n\n \n24 July 2014
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford and Bayer HealthCare have entered into a strategic research alliance in the area of gynaecological therapies. The multi-target collaboration focuses on endometriosis and uterine fibroids with the goal of discovering and developing innovative treatment options for these diseases. The alliance is for an initial period of two years, but is open for extension to up to five years.
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\n \n\n \n25 November 2011
\n \n \n \nA new technique for screening embryos for genetic defects during IVF more than doubles the chances that the embryo will implant in the mother's womb
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