Genetics sheds light on the spread of tuberculosis bacteria
A first of its kind study into the population and spread of tuberculosis-causing (TB) bacteria in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has found that more than half of cases can be attributed to one particular strain of the bacteria. Using state-of-the-art genomics technology, a Melbourne-led international collaboration, including researchers from OUCRU in Vietnam and Singapore, sequenced […]
[:en]OUCRU Open Day 18 May, 2018
OUCRU Open Day 27th Apr 2017 Passionate about a career in science? Would you like to carry out research on tropical infectious diseases and earn yourself a PhD? Join us at the OUCRU Open Day where you will: Learn about OUCRU and the PhD programme Meet OUCRU scientists Talk to our PhD students Watch demonstrations […]
OUCRU Open Day 18 May, 2018
OUCRU Open Day 18th May 2018 Passionate about a career in science? Would you like to carry out research on tropical infectious diseases and earn yourself a PhD? Join us at the OUCRU Open Day where you will: Learn about OUCRU and the PhD programme Meet OUCRU scientists Talk to our PhD students Watch demonstrations […]
Phổ biến kiến thức vỠbệnh sốt rét
Loạt ảnh “Sốt Rét ở Châu Æcủa nhiếp ảnh gia Pearl Gan đã được nêu báºt trong số má»›i nhất của tạp chà Dia:gram Magazine. Và bà Pearl đã là m việc vá»›i giám đốc EOCRU, giáo sÆ° Kevin Baird tại Indonesia vá» dá»± án nà y, trong ná»— lá»±c ghi lại hình ảnh và những câu […]
Making malaria visible
Photographer Pearl Gan’s photo-series “Malaria in Asia†has been highlighted in the latest issue of Dia:gram Magazine. Pearl has been working together with EOCRU Director Prof Kevin Baird in Indonesia on this project, in an effort to capture photographs and stories of real people living with malaria in this region, and to draw attention to the need […]
Phản ánh cuá»™c sống hằng ngà y ở Hà Nam: Dá»± Ãn Nhiếp Ảnh Cá»™ng Äồng
Chúng tôi sẽ tổ chức má»™t buổi triá»…n lãm tranh tại Hà Ná»™i và o ngà y 23-24 tháng 3 và má»i nhiá»u ngÆ°á»i đến tham dá»± Há»™i chứng não cấp (viêm não) là má»™t vấn Ä‘á» sức khoẻ nghiêm trá»ng ở Việt Nam vá»›i khoảng má»™t nghìn trÆ°á»ng hợp má»—i năm và để lại nhiá»u di […]
Reflecting on daily life in Ha Nam: a public engagement photography project
We will be hosting a photography exhibition in Hanoi on March 23rd and 24th and invite members of the public to come along. Acute encephalitis syndrome (brain inflammation) is an important health problem in Vietnam with around one-thousand cases per year and leaving many people with a disability. In children, the most common cause is […]
Aspirin for tuberculous meningitis treatment: yet another use for this remarkable drug?
Tuberculous meningitis is the most lethal form of tuberculosis (TB), killing or disabling around half of all sufferers despite the best available treatment. Aspirin prevents blood clotting and helps reduce and resolve inflammation. We wondered whether this ancient drug might help increase survival from TB meningitis by reducing brain inflammation and preventing the disease from […]
Aspirin for tuberculous meningitis treatment: yet another use for this remarkable drug?
Tuberculous meningitis is the most lethal form of tuberculosis (TB), killing or disabling around half of all sufferers despite the best available treatment. Aspirin prevents blood clotting and helps reduce and resolve inflammation. We wondered whether this ancient drug might help increase survival from TB meningitis by reducing brain inflammation and preventing the disease from […]
Tìm thấy vi khuẩn Salmonella và tồn dư kháng sinh trong thịt mua ở Việt Nam
Trên 2/3 các mẫu thịt từ TP. HCM được kiểm tra chứa vi khuẩn Salmonella, theo má»™t nghiên cứu má»›i của ÄÆ¡n Vị Nghiên Cứu Lâm Sà ng Äại Há»c Oxford (OUCRU). Các nhà nghiên cứu đã mua 117 mẫu thịt gà , bò và heo từ các Ä‘iểm siêu thị và chợ truyá»n thống trong thà nh […]
Salmonella and antibiotic residues found in meat in Vietnam
Over two-thirds of meat samples from HCMC were found to contain Salmonella bacteria, according to a new study by the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU). Researchers purchased 117 samples of chicken meat, beef and pork from retail sites including supermarkets and wet markets across the city between October 2016 and March 2017. Eighty of […]
Clinical Trials – exploitation or essential health care? – SOLD OUT!
Would you take part in a clinical trial? Is it bad for your health? Or is it the safest way to get treated? These are some of the questions Prof Jeremy Day will discuss on Thursday 11th January 2018, in his now sold-out session: “Clinical Trials – exploitation or essential health care?” as part of Science […]
Clinical Trials – exploitation or essential health care? – SOLD OUT!
Would you take part in a clinical trial? Is it bad for your health? Or is it the safest way to get treated? These are some of the questions Prof Jeremy Day will discuss on Thursday 11th January 2018, in his now sold-out session: “Clinical Trials – exploitation or essential health care?” as part of Science […]
Há»c sinh Äồng Tháp cho thấy giảm thiểu sá» dụng kháng sinh cho gia cầm bắt đầu từ cam kết chăn nuôi tốt
Há»c sinh tham gia cuá»™c thi ảnh “Cai Nháºu Kháng Sinh Cho Gia Cầm†cho thấy giảm thiểu sá» dụng kháng sinh trong sản xuất gà , vịt cần bắt đầu từ cam kết áp dụng các thá»±c hà nh chăn nuôi tốt. Cuá»™c thi diá»…n ra ở tỉnh Äồng Tháp từ cuối năm 2017 đến đầu […]
Dong Thap students show agricultural antibiotic reduction starts with commitment to good farming practices
Reducing antibiotic usage in poultry production starts with a commitment to good farming practices – show students participating in “Stop Your Poultry from Bingeing on Antibiotics,†a contest organized in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap from late 2017-early 2018. “Only when a farmer is fully devoted to his/her chickens will he/she feel urged […]
Wolbachia works even better in the wild than in the lab
In a new paper published in PNAS, OUCRU researcher Lauren Carrington has provided evidence supporting the introduction of Wolbachia into areas where there are dengue virus-transmitting mosquitoes, as a biocontrol method to reduce the transmission of dengue and other arboviruses. Wolbachia is a bacteria that manipulates its host reproductive system to enhance its spread through a population. In doing […]
Wolbachia works even better in the wild than in the lab
In a new paper published in PNAS, OUCRU researcher Lauren Carrington has provided evidence supporting the introduction of Wolbachia into areas where there are dengue virus-transmitting mosquitoes, as a biocontrol method to reduce the transmission of dengue and other arboviruses. Wolbachia is a bacteria that manipulates its host reproductive system to enhance its spread through […]
Nepali Pilgrims to Gosaikunda Film
Every year thousands of pilgrims visit religious sites in the mountains of Nepal. Many of these local pilgrims are unaware of the dangers of climbing to high altitudes and many succumb to altitude related illnesses. Some even die on the mountains. The Himalayan Rescue Association, OUCRU Public Engagement and Media for Development worked together with […]
Nepali Pilgrims to Gosaikunda Film
Every year thousands of pilgrims visit religious sites in the mountains of Nepal. Many of these local pilgrims are unaware of the dangers of climbing to high altitudes and many succumb to altitude related illnesses. Some even die on the mountains. The Himalayan Rescue Association, OUCRU Public Engagement and Media for Development worked together with the pilgrim community […]
Science and stories
Medical research relies on studies on large numbers of people in order to quantify the effects of diseases, and their treatments. However each patient is an individual. How can personal stories add to this ‘hard’ scientific approach? On Thursday 23rd November 2017, Dr Mary Chambers will deliver our 3rd Science in the Cafe talk, “Science and stories”. […]