UCL MEDIA RELATIONS

Researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital used gene therapy to boost the immune system. The news comes with a plan for a new £66m Centre for Children’s Rare Disease Research. Read: BBC News, Telegraph, More: Press releases (1) and (2)

Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) comments on pedigree dogs, and the genetic risks they face due to inbreeding. Watch: BBC4’s Pedigree Dogs Exposed (from 39mins 49s)

New research from UCL suggests that almost one in seven couples expecting same-sex twins are given the wrong information about whether their offspring are identical. Read: Press Association Independent (Ireland) New York Times USA Today

UCL beat Balliol College, Oxford by 90 points to go through to the semi-finals. Watch: BBC2 University Challenge

Professor Danny Miller (UCL Anthropology) talks about the rise of jeans, and their cultural significance. Read: BBC News More: BBC World Service The Forum

Dr Max Reuter (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) talks about the Y chromosome, and explains why it's in such bad genetic shape. Listen: BBC Radio 4’s Material World

If we are to become truly world leading, then our universities’ ambition and scientific innovation must be matched and supported by the commercial world, says Professor Stephen Caddick (UCL Vice-Provost, Enterprise). Read: City A.M More: Huffington Post THE

Dr Demis Hassabis (UCL Institute of Neurology) talks about the contributions neuroscience can make towards progress in AI, and modelling the brain's algorithms. Read: Nature (£)

Just over 30 years after HIV/AIDS was first recognized, three accounts of its ravages intrigue Professor Robin Weiss (UCL Research Department of Infection). Read: Nature (£)

Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) talks about free will and conscience thought. Listen: BBC Radio 4 Today (from 21min 42s)