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Video feature: How do unborn babies and mothers communicate via the placenta?
The placenta is a fascinating organ, which allows communication between mother and foetus through the release of bubble-like vesicles. Could the messages within these vesicles provide an early warning of diseases such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia? Scientists at the University of Oxford are finding out.
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Two new EIT Health Wild Card start-ups begin their journey with up to €2 million in funding
Research shows ‘strong association’ between cognitive performance in childhood and later life
Four Engineering Science academics announced as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows
Royal Society appoints Dr Alan Roth Entrepreneur in Residence at Oxford
Saїd Business School announces Paul Polman as Board Chair
Law Professor Jeremias Prassl wins the St Petersburg International Legal Forum Private Law Prize
Professor Laura Hoyona to be part of government criminal justice review
Gorongosa National Park to collaborate with Oxford on 'Paleo-Primate Project'
EBRD appoints Oxford professor Beata Javorcik as new Chief Economist
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Oxford professor shares Man Booker International Prize for Arabic translation
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Oxford professor wins Costa biography prize for book on WW2
Oxford's new graduate college to focus on AI and climate change
Oxford University students give candidates their top interview tips
Controlling coronavirus using a mobile app to trace close proximity contacts
Ventilator project - OxVent - gets green light by UK government to proceed to next stage of testing
COVID-19's impact on youth mental health the focus of new research
GP practices urged to join COVID-19 research
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine programme opens for clinical trial recruitment
New research stresses the urgent need for serologic testing to help tackle the COVID-19 outbreak
Oxford University launches world’s first COVID-19 government response tracker
Oxford's COVID-19 research receives government funding
Oxford medical students step-up to support fight against Covid-19
First patients enrolled in new clinical trial of possible COVID-19 treatments