New project aims to transform how wildlife trade is monitored and managed

Published on December 6, 2024

The University of Oxford will play a leading role in a new project to develop indicators to measure progress towards globally agreed conservation targets, backed by $1.9 million funding from The Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project is one of seven winners of the GEF’s first Innovation Window, which will provide $12.3 million in grants.
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Imaging technique allows rapid assessment of ovarian cancer subtypes and their response to treatment

December 6, 2024
The technique, called hyperpolarised carbon-13 imaging, can increase the detected signal in an MRI scanner by more than 10,000 times. Scientists have found that the technique can distinguish between two different subtypes of ovarian cancer, to reveal their sensitivities to treatment.They used it to look at patient-derived cell models that closely mimic the behaviour of human high grade serous ovar

Professor Duncan Richards appointed as Head of Department of Medicine

December 6, 2024
Professor Richards joins Cambridge from the University of Oxford, where he has been since 2019. His particular research interest is the demonstration of clinical proof of concept of novel therapeutics through the application of experimental medicine techniques, especially human challenge studies.As Climax Professor of Clinical Therapeutics, director of the Oxford Clinical Trial Research Unit (OCTR