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GLOBAL HEALTH NEWS
Archive of Latest Global Health News
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The gene that can transform mild influenza in to a life threatening disease
Publication date: 25 March 2012
A genetic finding could help to explain why influenza becomes a life-threatening disease for some people, and yet has only a mild effect on others. Collaborative research led by scientists at UCL and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found that people who carry a particular variant of the IFITM3 gene are significantly more likely to be hospitalised when they fall ill with influenza than those who carry other variants.
World TB Day at UCL
Publication date: 23 March 2012
A conference titled ‘Tuberculosis: Local and Global’ is being held today (24 March) at UCL to mark World TB Day.
N Sethia Foundation funds next generation of robotic surgeons in London
Publication date: 5 March 2012
The UK's first robotic surgery training centre has opened at the University College Hospital (UCH) with plans to offer pioneering specialist training to healthcare professionals from all around the world.
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