Latest Human Wellbeing News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-wellbeing/human-wellbeing-viewer/rss admin 2010-09-06T13:47:28Z Research reveals association between red hair gene and rare birthmarks http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/12052012-red-hair-gene-birthmarks-research Research carried out at the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital has identified that the gene causing red hair - melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) - is more common in children with Congenital Melanocytic Naevi (CMN), a rare form of birthmark. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-05-11T14:13:04Z UCL joins NIHR School for Public Health Research http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/18042012-ucl-joins-nihr-school-for-public-health UCL is one of eight leading academic partners to form the newly established National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Public Health Research (SfPHR) in England. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-04-18T10:44:29Z Ultrasound therapy for prostate cancer developed http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/120417-prostate-sound-waves A new type of prostate cancer treatment, which uses sound waves to selectively target individual cancer sites, could provide an alternative to traditional treatment with significantly fewer side effects, according to promising results from a clinical trial. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2012-04-17T08:48:10Z Richard Moorhead becomes UCL’s first Chair in Law and Professional Ethics http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/02042012-richard-moorhead-joins-ucl-laws Professor Richard Moorhead, a highly-respected voice in legal education and legal aid, has been appointed as the first Chair in Law and Professional Ethics at UCL. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-04-02T12:37:11Z Prime Minister visits UCL Institute of Neurology http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/26032012-David-Cameron-Prime-Minister-IoN-Institute-Neurology-dementia UK Prime Minister David Cameron has visited the Dementia Research Centre at UCL as part of this morning’s government pledge to double dementia research funding to £66 million by 2015. RSS Feed David R Weston 2012-03-26T16:18:07Z £3.7m EPSRC funding for High Performance Computing http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/26032012-epsrc-funding-high-performance-computing UCL will play a key role in a new £3.7million regional centre for supercomputing, following an award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-26T09:43:37Z New project to help predict the future of the UK’s coastline http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/23032012-predicting-future-UK-coastline-iCoast A new project is being launched that will help forecast what the UK’s coastline will look like in up to 100 years’ time. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-23T16:47:43Z World TB Day at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/23032012-world-TB-day-at-UCL-2012 A conference titled ‘Tuberculosis: Local and Global’ is being held today (24 March) at UCL to mark World TB Day. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-23T10:39:38Z UCL News podcast – 14 March 2012 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/14032012-UCL-podcast UCL News has launched a new podcast to give you the opportunity to listen to the latest news and research from around UCL every fortnight. Split up into three parts, you can either listen to the podcast all in one go, or save features for later listening.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2012-03-14T12:03:07Z Women in Science: Nurturing Nobels http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/12032011-women-in-science-nurturing-nobels UCL scientists were involved in an event that celebrated leading women in science from across the world, held on International Women´s Day (8 March) at the Science Museum's Dana Centre. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-12T11:50:11Z Should motorway speed limits be raised to 80mph? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/March2012/07032012-should-motorway-speed-limits-be-raised-to-80mph In 1965, the UK government set the speed limit for UK motorways at 70mph. The UK government has indicated its intention to consult on the proposal to increase the motorway speed limit in England and Wales from 70 to 80mph. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-03-07T16:32:26Z UCL recipients of NIHR professorships announced http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/February2012/15022012-nihr-professorships Two UCL professors are among eight of the UK’s most promising leaders in medical health research to be awarded a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) professorship, the Government announced today. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-02-15T17:13:32Z Step towards creating intestine transplant using patient’s own cells http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/February2012/08022012-step-towards-intestine-transplant Doctors at the UCL Institute of Child Health have made progress towards engineering donated intestines, so that they can be implanted without rejection. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-02-08T10:53:34Z Exhibition: Reanimating Cultural Heritage in Sierra Leone http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/January2012/12012012-sierra-leone-cultural-heritage-exhibition A multimedia exhibition featuring film, images and rarely seen cultural objects from Sierra Leone that explores the role cultural heritage can play in reanimating post-conflict and developing societies opens at UCL this week. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2012-01-12T16:26:23Z Wolfson Foundation awards £20million to UCL for experimental neurology centre http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111219-wolfson-experimental-neurology-centre A new centre dedicated to the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases will be established at UCL following the award of a £20million grant from the Wolfson Foundation, it was announced today. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-12-19T09:49:31Z UCL Research Strategy published http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111213-UCL-Research-Strategy-published The 2011 UCL Research Strategy calls for a transformation of the understanding of the role of our comprehensive research-intensive university in the 21st century. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2011-12-14T10:16:54Z Gene therapy achieves early success against hereditary bleeding disorder http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111209-haemophilia-gene-therapy-study Study of gene therapy developed at UCL and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital offers first proof adults with haemophilia B benefit from treatment, reducing need for injections with clotting factor to prevent bleeds.  RSS Feed George Wigmore 2011-12-10T16:16:35Z Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1112/111205-maltreated-children-fMRI-study Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, new research has shown. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-12-05T17:09:54Z UCL Institute of Ophthalmology wins Queen’s Anniversary Prize http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/111124-queen-anniversary-prize-ophthalmology The UCL Institute of Ophthalmology is the recipient of a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, in recognition of “outstanding excellence”, it was announced today. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-11-25T10:52:37Z New UCL Institute of Health Equity aims to narrow health gap http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/111122-health-equity-institute-launch UCL has moved closer to reducing health inequality present in the UK after the launch of the new UCL Institute of Health Equity by Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-11-22T17:45:50Z UCL to boost availability of new medicines http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/11111702-EPSRC-Centre-Innovative-Manufacturing UCL has announced details of a new EPSRC Centre which will boost innovation in the manufacture of new medicines, improving cost-effectiveness and making the drugs more widely available. The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Emergent Macromolecular Therapies is being funded by a £4.9m grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), with a further £3.9m investment (cash & in-kind) provided by over 25 founding industry partners. RSS Feed David R Weston 2011-11-17T16:38:34Z Launch of collaborative infection research institute http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/111111-bloomsbury-pathogen-research-launch The Bloomsbury Institute for Pathogen Research (BiPR), a joint venture between UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), was launched this week. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-11-14T09:39:53Z UCL Professor wins trio of prizes for TB work http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/11110102-zumla-TB-prizes Professor Alimuddin Zumla (UCL Infection & Immunity) has recently received three international prizes for his work combating tuberculosis (TB), a disease that still causes three deaths every minute RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-11-01T16:29:19Z Number of Facebook friends linked to size of brain regions, study suggests http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/11101801-facebook-friends-linked-to-size-of-brain Scientists have found a direct link between the number of ‘Facebook friends’ a person has and the size of particular brain regions. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2011-10-18T16:36:13Z Parental weight strongly influences thinness in children http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1110/03102011-parental-weight-influences-child-thinness Children with thinner parents are three times more likely to be thin than children whose parents are overweight, according to a new study by UCL researchers. RSS Feed Ruth Metcalfe 2011-10-04T08:08:34Z