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Our team wore blue for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025💙
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our team wore blue for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025💙
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
This World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week #WAAW, we’re championing our microbiology and infection researchers whose work is benefiting patients and informing health care policy. Read: oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research-the...
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Modernising Medical Microbiology and Big Infection Diagnostics | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week #WAAW, we’re championing our microbiology and infection researchers whose work is benefiting patients and informing health care policy. Read: oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research-the...
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social @modmedmicro.bsky.social
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Oxford Professor Sarah Blagden, @oncology.ox.ac.uk appears in the first episode of Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures on @Channel4 tonight!
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
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📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures
Three trailblazing scientists take on cancer, changing peoples’ lives, right now
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November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Oxford Professor Sarah Blagden, @oncology.ox.ac.uk appears in the first episode of Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures on @Channel4 tonight!
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
📺 Watch at 9pm, Thurs 20 Nov, or stream on Channel 4.
Brought to you by @CR_UK.
#CancerDetectives #CancerPrevention
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
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Follow us to find out more about antimicrobial resistance this World Antimicrobial Awareness Week!
#WAAW #WAAW2025 #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
#WAAW #WAAW2025 #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Follow us to find out more about antimicrobial resistance this World Antimicrobial Awareness Week!
#WAAW #WAAW2025 #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
#WAAW #WAAW2025 #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Great to see this investment in early-phase trials in Oxford, which will benefit our Inflammation Across Tissues theme - and ultimately patients with inflammatory conditions.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social
GSK is investing £10 million over five years to launch the Experimental Medicine Collaboration with Oxford University - a new partnership aiming to transform how immune-mediated inflammatory diseases are studied and treated.
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Oxford and GSK launch Experimental Medicine Collaboration |
GSK invests £10 million over five years to establish the Experimental Medicine Collaboration with the University of Oxford.
www.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Great to see this investment in early-phase trials in Oxford, which will benefit our Inflammation Across Tissues theme - and ultimately patients with inflammatory conditions.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social
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For #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, we introduce our recent paper on antibiotic-resistant subpopulations in TB.
TB may be one of humanity’s oldest diseases, yet it still kills over 1M people yearly. As resistance spreads, knowing each patient’s resistance profile before treatment is vital. 🧬💊
TB may be one of humanity’s oldest diseases, yet it still kills over 1M people yearly. As resistance spreads, knowing each patient’s resistance profile before treatment is vital. 🧬💊
Subpopulations in clinical samples of M. tuberculosis can give rise to rifampicin resistance and shed light on how resistance is acquired
AbstractObjectives. WGS has become a key tool for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, but discrepancies between genotypic and phenotypic drug
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November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
For #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, we introduce our recent paper on antibiotic-resistant subpopulations in TB.
TB may be one of humanity’s oldest diseases, yet it still kills over 1M people yearly. As resistance spreads, knowing each patient’s resistance profile before treatment is vital. 🧬💊
TB may be one of humanity’s oldest diseases, yet it still kills over 1M people yearly. As resistance spreads, knowing each patient’s resistance profile before treatment is vital. 🧬💊
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Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi & parasites change over time - leading to medicines being less effective against them.
Here you see bacteria growing and antibiotics (the small discs) which kill the bacteria...unless they are resistant!
#WAAW #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Here you see bacteria growing and antibiotics (the small discs) which kill the bacteria...unless they are resistant!
#WAAW #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi & parasites change over time - leading to medicines being less effective against them.
Here you see bacteria growing and antibiotics (the small discs) which kill the bacteria...unless they are resistant!
#WAAW #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Here you see bacteria growing and antibiotics (the small discs) which kill the bacteria...unless they are resistant!
#WAAW #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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NEW: Oxford scientists have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas - painful, tunnel-like tracts that develop in around 30% of people with Crohn’s disease.
Crohn’s disease affects around 1 in every 650 people.
Crohn’s disease affects around 1 in every 650 people.
Oxford scientists map the cells that drive Crohn’s disease fistulas,
Scientists at the University of Oxford, have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas - painful, tunnel-like tracts that develop in around 30%
www.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
NEW: Oxford scientists have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas - painful, tunnel-like tracts that develop in around 30% of people with Crohn’s disease.
Crohn’s disease affects around 1 in every 650 people.
Crohn’s disease affects around 1 in every 650 people.
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NEW: Researchers in the Vyas Group used TARGET-seq+ to uncover how drug resistance develops in new treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia - these findings could help identify patients likely to relapse & find ways to prevent or treat relapse 🧪
Learn more 👇
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Learn more 👇
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Study reveals how drug resistance develops early in targeted AML therapy
A new study led by researchers at the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit has shown that resistance to a targeted treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can develop much earlier than expected.
www.imm.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEW: Researchers in the Vyas Group used TARGET-seq+ to uncover how drug resistance develops in new treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia - these findings could help identify patients likely to relapse & find ways to prevent or treat relapse 🧪
Learn more 👇
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Learn more 👇
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Our November #newsletter is out now!
Features include:
🧠 #antidepressant – and how they affect the body
🎨 Whatwecarry – a collaborative art-science project around #chronicpain
♿ #DisabilityHistoryMonth
Catch up on all the latest from our BRC and partners:
tinyurl.com/NovOHBRCnews...
Features include:
🧠 #antidepressant – and how they affect the body
🎨 Whatwecarry – a collaborative art-science project around #chronicpain
♿ #DisabilityHistoryMonth
Catch up on all the latest from our BRC and partners:
tinyurl.com/NovOHBRCnews...
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our November #newsletter is out now!
Features include:
🧠 #antidepressant – and how they affect the body
🎨 Whatwecarry – a collaborative art-science project around #chronicpain
♿ #DisabilityHistoryMonth
Catch up on all the latest from our BRC and partners:
tinyurl.com/NovOHBRCnews...
Features include:
🧠 #antidepressant – and how they affect the body
🎨 Whatwecarry – a collaborative art-science project around #chronicpain
♿ #DisabilityHistoryMonth
Catch up on all the latest from our BRC and partners:
tinyurl.com/NovOHBRCnews...
Our researchers are trialling a new home test to diagnose type 1 diabetes #T1D in children and young people to see if could work in the NHS oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/at-home-test... #WorldDiabetesDay @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk
At-home test could play key role in type-1 diabetes screening | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our researchers are trialling a new home test to diagnose type 1 diabetes #T1D in children and young people to see if could work in the NHS oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/at-home-test... #WorldDiabetesDay @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk
This looks a really interesting talk - especially for those working in women's health, health equity or public engagement
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This looks a really interesting talk - especially for those working in women's health, health equity or public engagement
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxfordwomenshealth.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
It’s #WorldDiabetesDay, a great opportunity to recall the recently created national registry that could transform care for people at risk of type 1 diabetes #T1D #diabetes oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/national-reg... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk
National registry launched to transform care for people at risk of type 1 diabetes | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s #WorldDiabetesDay, a great opportunity to recall the recently created national registry that could transform care for people at risk of type 1 diabetes #T1D #diabetes oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/national-reg... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk
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#WIMMReads: New @nature.com study, led by the Simmons & Antanaviciute Groups, used advanced single-cell and spatial analysis techniques to map the cells that drive #Crohn's fistulas - paving the way for targeted treatments 🧪
Learn more 👇
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Learn more 👇
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Oxford scientists map the cells that drive Crohn’s disease fistulas
Researchers at the MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas - painful, tunnel-like tracts that dev...
www.imm.ox.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#WIMMReads: New @nature.com study, led by the Simmons & Antanaviciute Groups, used advanced single-cell and spatial analysis techniques to map the cells that drive #Crohn's fistulas - paving the way for targeted treatments 🧪
Learn more 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Learn more 👇
@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Scientists at @imm.ox.ac.uk have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas in some people with #CrohnsDisease oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/scientists-m... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social
Scientists map cells that drive Crohn’s disease fistulas, paving way for targeted treatments | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scientists at @imm.ox.ac.uk have identified how rare populations of abnormal cells drive the formation and persistence of fistulas in some people with #CrohnsDisease oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/scientists-m... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @rdm.ox.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social
Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Bash The Bug (@BashTheBug) / X
Bash The Bug (@BashTheBug) / X
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow in #Neurosciences, Linxin Li, gave a fascinating talk this week on the worrying trend of rising #strokes in adults under 55 and the key risk factors?
Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/gjiaU5ztHq8?...
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social #preventativeneurology
Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/gjiaU5ztHq8?...
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social #preventativeneurology
Why are more younger people having strokes? Linxin Li
YouTube video by Oxford BRC
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November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow in #Neurosciences, Linxin Li, gave a fascinating talk this week on the worrying trend of rising #strokes in adults under 55 and the key risk factors?
Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/gjiaU5ztHq8?...
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social #preventativeneurology
Watch the full talk here: youtu.be/gjiaU5ztHq8?...
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social #preventativeneurology
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Explainer video: youtu.be/EsI5r5fitx0
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Explainer video: youtu.be/EsI5r5fitx0
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Oxford scientists capture genome’s structure in unprecedented detail
YouTube video by MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
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November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join us this evening for a FREE public talk with the brilliant Linxin Li, #Clinical #Research Fellow in #Neurosciences at #Oxford University, to explore why more younger people are having strokes and is there a solution?
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Refreshments 5:40pm.
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Refreshments 5:40pm.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join us this evening for a FREE public talk with the brilliant Linxin Li, #Clinical #Research Fellow in #Neurosciences at #Oxford University, to explore why more younger people are having strokes and is there a solution?
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Refreshments 5:40pm.
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Refreshments 5:40pm.
This trial led by Professor Clare Verrill gives hope for more accurate and speedier diagnosis of #ProstateCancer. Great that @ouhospitals.bsky.social is one of the three NHS trusts taking part
@ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
@ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This trial led by Professor Clare Verrill gives hope for more accurate and speedier diagnosis of #ProstateCancer. Great that @ouhospitals.bsky.social is one of the three NHS trusts taking part
@ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
@ndsurgicalsci.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
Clinical Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Linxin Li interviewed on BBC RADIO OXFORD below with key insights on her Free Public Talk ‘Why are more younger people having strokes?
Listen in: Adam Ball Show at 10:13.
Come along tomorrow 6pm, Rewley House, Oxford, OX1 2JA.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen in: Adam Ball Show at 10:13.
Come along tomorrow 6pm, Rewley House, Oxford, OX1 2JA.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Listen live to Radio Oxford on BBC Sounds
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Clinical Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Linxin Li interviewed on BBC RADIO OXFORD below with key insights on her Free Public Talk ‘Why are more younger people having strokes?
Listen in: Adam Ball Show at 10:13.
Come along tomorrow 6pm, Rewley House, Oxford, OX1 2JA.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen in: Adam Ball Show at 10:13.
Come along tomorrow 6pm, Rewley House, Oxford, OX1 2JA.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Can AI tools improve clinician decision-making in emergency departments?
OUH and @radiobotics.bsky.social have launched the UK’s first RCT of AI-assisted fracture detection.
More details on: www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
@sbrihealthcare.bsky.social @healthinnovox.bsky.social
OUH and @radiobotics.bsky.social have launched the UK’s first RCT of AI-assisted fracture detection.
More details on: www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
@sbrihealthcare.bsky.social @healthinnovox.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Can AI tools improve clinician decision-making in emergency departments?
OUH and @radiobotics.bsky.social have launched the UK’s first RCT of AI-assisted fracture detection.
More details on: www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
@sbrihealthcare.bsky.social @healthinnovox.bsky.social
OUH and @radiobotics.bsky.social have launched the UK’s first RCT of AI-assisted fracture detection.
More details on: www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
@sbrihealthcare.bsky.social @healthinnovox.bsky.social
Meet Linxin Li, our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford Uni. who is delivering the Free Public Talk in Oxford on Tuesday. She’s won 7 research awards over the last ten years.
🔎Read her profile: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/linxin-li
#stroke #disease #healthcare #communityimpact
@ox.ac.uk
🔎Read her profile: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/linxin-li
#stroke #disease #healthcare #communityimpact
@ox.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Meet Linxin Li, our brilliant Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford Uni. who is delivering the Free Public Talk in Oxford on Tuesday. She’s won 7 research awards over the last ten years.
🔎Read her profile: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/linxin-li
#stroke #disease #healthcare #communityimpact
@ox.ac.uk
🔎Read her profile: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/team/linxin-li
#stroke #disease #healthcare #communityimpact
@ox.ac.uk
Really good to see these findings.
The BRC is very proud to have supported this research.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
The BRC is very proud to have supported this research.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
NEWS | The Oxford Vaccine Group are proud to share landmark findings from an Oxford-led study, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.
🔗 Find the article in full on the Oxford Vaccine Group website, linked in the thread below, or head directly to the NEJM page to learn more
🔗 Find the article in full on the Oxford Vaccine Group website, linked in the thread below, or head directly to the NEJM page to learn more
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Really good to see these findings.
The BRC is very proud to have supported this research.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
The BRC is very proud to have supported this research.
@ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
Recent stroke data indicates a worrying trend. Join our Free Public Talk in #Oxford next week as we ask 'Why are more younger people having strokes?'
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/eQUcwCcY
#StrokeActionNow #ActFAST #WorldStrokeDay #StrokeAwareness #EveryMinuteCounts
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/eQUcwCcY
#StrokeActionNow #ActFAST #WorldStrokeDay #StrokeAwareness #EveryMinuteCounts
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Recent stroke data indicates a worrying trend. Join our Free Public Talk in #Oxford next week as we ask 'Why are more younger people having strokes?'
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/eQUcwCcY
#StrokeActionNow #ActFAST #WorldStrokeDay #StrokeAwareness #EveryMinuteCounts
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/eQUcwCcY
#StrokeActionNow #ActFAST #WorldStrokeDay #StrokeAwareness #EveryMinuteCounts
@ox.ac.uk @ouhospitals.bsky.social