Latest News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slms/domains/experimental-medicine/slms-news-viewer/rss The School of Life & Medical Sciences (incorporating UCL Medical School) brings together one of the world's major concentrations of biomedical researchers, with ground breaking translational work underpinned by excellence in basic science. Rebecca Whitham 2008-09-08T14:28:04Z Grassroots women’s groups could halve maternal death rate http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/17052013-Womens-groups-could-halve-maternal-death-rate-Costello-Prost Women’s groups can dramatically reduce the number of maternal and newborn deaths in some of the world’s poorest communities, according to a new meta-analysis published in The Lancet . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-17T11:06:14Z Global health policy fails to address burden of disease on men http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/17052013-Global-health-policy-fails-to-address-burden-of-disease-on-men-Hawkes Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organisations, according to a Viewpoint article in this week’s Lancet . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-17T00:30:00Z Post-mortem MRI: a viable alternative to an autopsy http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/17052013-Post-mortem-MRI-a-viable-alternative-to-autopsy-Thayyil Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and blood tests to establish the cause of death in fetuses and newborn babies is virtually as accurate as a standard autopsy, according to a paper published in The Lancet . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-17T16:17:20Z Grant Museum wins Cultural Pros Award at Museums + Heritage Awards http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/130516-Grant-Museum-wins-Cultural-Pros-Award-at-Museums-and-Heritage-Awards The Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL has been voted the winner of the inaugural Culture Pros Pick at the Museums + Heritage Awards – the Oscars of the museum world – at the awards ceremony last night. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-05-16T09:42:10Z Stress and unhealthy lifestyle increase risk of heart disease http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/13052013-Stress-and-unhealthy-lifestyle-increase-risk-of-heart-disease-Kivimaki People with job stress and an unhealthy lifestyle are at higher risk of coronary artery disease than people who have job stress but lead healthy lifestyles, according to work published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) by researchers from UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-14T12:53:20Z TRACK-HD study identifies early predictors of disease progression in Huntington's disease http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/09052013-TRACK-HD-study-identifies-early-predictors-of-disease-progression-in-Huntingtons-disease-Tabrizi An international team led by researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology has identified a set of tests that could help identify whether - and how - Huntington’s disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-09T16:34:39Z Behaviour of seabirds during migration revealed http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/130501-behaviour-of-seabirds-during-migration-revealed The behaviour of seabirds during migration – including patterns of foraging, rest and flight – has been revealed in new detail using novel computational analyses and tracking technologies. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-05-01T12:44:45Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z European Commission must innovate to get value from €70 billion science funding programme http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/130418-horizon-20-20 The European Commission needs to make some key innovations in its science funding programme if Europe is to enjoy the full benefits of the €70 billion to be spent on science research as part of the Horizon 2020 programme kicking off in 2014, according to an academic paper published by SAGE in the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy today. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-18T08:27:32Z Search for new antibiotics advanced by discovery of key processes within bacterial protein http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/120413-bacteria-hair-transport-antibiotics Scientists have discovered how bacteria transport the tiny hair-like strands, called pili, which cover their outer surface from the inside of the cell, where they are assembled, to the exterior. Pili are a key target for a new generation of antibiotics, as without them the bacteria are unable to group together and to stick to human cells causing infection. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-12T15:02:29Z Child heart surgeons access clearer picture of their success rate http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/040413-child-heart-surgeons-access-clearer-picture-of-their-success-rate For the first time, teams that care for children needing heart surgery have been able to review their short-term success rate better across all the different operations they perform. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-04-04T09:12:03Z UCL PhD researcher strikes gold in Parliament http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/180313-UCL-PhD-students-present-science-at-Parliament Joanna Brunker, a PhD student in the UCL Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, struck Gold at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her Biology research, walking away with a £3,000 prize yesterday. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-16T14:34:26Z UCL Friends of MSF charity run http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/270313-MSF-Charity-run On Saturday 16th March 2013, over 300 individuals took to the paths of Regent's Park running either 5km or 10km in aid of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T14:47:28Z Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20130326-french-embassy-workshops UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-26T16:30:01Z UCL and Oxford unite to tackle challenge of sustainable medical innovation http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20032013-CASMI-launch UCL and the University of Oxford have come together to form CASMI - the Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-03-20T17:51:58Z Taking medicine to extreme heights http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/150313-xtremem A dedicated team of intensive care doctors, nurses and scientists are taking more than 200 people to the Himalayas to study how our bodies respond to low levels of oxygen. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-15T16:21:03Z UCL Open Access Guidelines and Publishing Guide http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/13032013-open-access-guidelines-publication-policy UCL guidelines on open access and a publishing guide are available to UCL researchers. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-13T12:34:48Z The Great Brain Experiment: crowdsourcing data on how we think and act http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/11032013-The-Great-Brain-Experiment-Adams A new mobile app developed by UCL scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging will enable the team to carry out on an unprecedented scale experiments that previously could only be conducted on small groups of volunteers in the lab. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-03-12T16:52:22Z Bowel cancers reshuffle their genetic pack to cheat treatment http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/27022013-Bowel-cancers-reshuffle-their-genetic-pack-to-cheat-treatment-Swanton Bowel cancer cells missing one of three genes can rapidly reshuffle their genetic ‘pack of cards’ – the chromosomes that hold the cell’s genetic information. This reshuffling has been previously shown to render tumours more resistant to treatment. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-27T02:42:00Z Alcohol consumption higher than reported in England http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/27022013-Alcohol-consumption-much-higher-than-reported-in-England-Boniface Alcohol consumption could be much higher than previously thought, with more than three quarters of people in England drinking in excess of the recommended daily alcohol limit, according to a new paper in the European Journal of Public Health . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-26T17:58:37Z Study questions effectiveness of genetic testing strategy for inherited high cholesterol http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/22022013-How-effective-is-genetic-testing-for-inherited-high-cholesterol-Humphries A substantial proportion of individuals with a clinical diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) inherit a combination of small-effect changes in several genes (polygenic) rather than a large-effect mutation in a single gene (monogenic), according to a new paper in The Lancet . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-25T11:30:53Z Collaboration points way towards improved treatment for women's cancers http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/22022013-Collaboration-points-way-to-improved-treatment-for-womens-cancers-Widschwendter UCL researchers have recently commenced an academic-industrial collaboration – EpiFemCare – to develop new methods for screening, diagnosing and personalising treatment of breast and ovarian cancers. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-26T17:38:36Z Improvement in child cancer survival rates threatened by lack of new drug development http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/20022013-Improvement-in-child-cancer-survival-rates-threatened-by-lack-of-new-drug-development-Pritchard-Jones Some of the biggest challenges to the improvement of cancer care for children and young people are set out in a series of studies published in today's Lancet Oncology. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-20T18:40:47Z Disabled at greater risk of violence and subsequent mental ill-health http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/Disabled-at-greater-risk-of-violence-and-subsequent-mental-ill-health-Khalifeh People with disabilities are at a greater risk of being the victims of violence and of suffering mental ill health when victimised, according to research published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-21T17:24:37Z Factors behind rise in HIV in men who have sex with men http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/18022013-Rise-in-HIV-infections-in-men-who-have-sex-wtih-men-Phillips Between 1990 and 2010 new HIV infections in the UK rose in men who have sex with men (MSM). The rise was driven by a 26 per cent increase in the proportion having condomless sex, according to new research by UCL and the Health Protection Agency. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-19T16:10:52Z