The Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine is part of the Medical Sciences Division. It hosts one of the largest groupings of Biomedical Researchers in the University Sector, and is also responsible for a significant part of the teaching of clinical medical students with the Oxford Medical School.
Chromatin biology and epigenetics are exciting research fields at the frontier of modern biology, with considerable impact on fundamental mechanisms of human health and disease. This symposium aims to bring together clinical and preclinical scientists at the forefront of epigenetics and chromatin biology, inflammation, and neuropsychiatry research to discuss the latest advances in the field.
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A new vaccine against tuberculosis developed at Oxford University – the TB vaccine most advanced in clinical trials – has been found not to offer extra protection against the disease in babies previously vaccinated with BCG. Professor Helen McShane, senior author on the Lancet paper who first developed the MVA85A vaccine 15 years ago at the Jenner Institute: a unit within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, says despite the disappointing results getting to this point marks a step forward for the field and there is much to be learned from the results.
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Our series of podcasts focuses on translational medicine in the department, from bench to bedside.
Professor Xin Lu talks about the links between cancer and regenerative medicine.
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