Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their genes. In a study on two...
New research has raised the possibility of minimising the side effects of treatment for patients with autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease....
A pan-European team of researchers involving the University of Oxford has developed a new technique to provide cellular ‘blueprints’ that could help scientists interpret the results...
Following the news that the UK government is to ban plastic microbeads by the end of 2017, a team of scientists led by the University of...
A major review of the available evidence on the safety and efficacy of statin therapy, published in The Lancet, intends to help doctors, patients and the public make...
Childhood brain injuries, including concussions, are associated with an increased risk of subsequent mental illness, poor school attainment and premature death, according to a study published...
Scientists at Bangor and Oxford universities have achieved a world first: using spider-silk as a superlens to increase the microscope’s potential. Extending the limit of the...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly half (45 per cent) of all deaths, according to a new Oxford...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have achieved a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required theoretically to build a quantum computer....
Two Oxford University scientists have proposed a solution to a puzzle of the human immune system: how our immune system scales its response in proportion to...