Professor 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.
Oxford University researchers have found a way to detect ovarian cancer early and identified an enzyme that is key in making ovarian cancer more deadly. Their results, published in two journals, provide new research routes for scientists trying to detect and beat the disease.
Lien 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.
A 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.
In a paper released today in the publication Stroke, Professor Kazem Rahimi of the George Institute for Global Health, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, describes research findings that show heightened blood pressure increases the risk of developing vascular dementia by 62%.
Women 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.
UK funding for rapid research into tackling the Zika virus is set to increase to \u00a34million, the government has announced, as British scientists continue to lead the way in tackling this global emergency.
The 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.
Dr Kevin Coward, Director of the MSc in Clinical Embryology at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford has been shortlisted for The Higher Education Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award.
The INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium, led by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, has published the final set of charts that enable healthcare professionals worldwide to assess the weight, length and head circumference of newborns from 24 to 42 weeks of gestation, and that apply to all babies, regardless of the colour of their skin, race or ethnicity.
The latest policy paper from The George Institute for Global Health - \u2018Women\u2019s Health: A New Global Agenda\u2019 calls for global and national women\u2019s health strategies to focus on non-communicable diseases, which kill more than 18 million women a year worldwide.
Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal death worldwide, yet effective strategies are lacking for prevention and treatment. A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, explores the Predictive Value of the sFlt-1:PlGF Ratio in Women with Suspected Preeclampsia.
In many of our urban areas, health-care facilities rank with the best in countries like the US and the UK. \r\nBut problems start cropping up as you move away from the cities and deeper into rural India.
Treating blood pressure below current targets significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events and death, regardless of blood pressure before treatment, a new paper in the Lancet has found.
More 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.
The 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.
The Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (NDOG) invites you to MitOX - one of the best annual Mitochondrial meetings in the UK on Wednesday 2nd December.
The 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.
Landmark research by The George Institute for Global Health (TGI) has found that exercise can save lives, with an increase in the number of steps walked each day having a direct correlation with long term mortality.
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