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Half a million people in the UK have epilepsy of which 30% are not adequately controlled on present treatments. Moreover, the use of one of the most effective antiepileptic drugs, sodium valproate, has been limited by its side-effects and, in particular, by its teratogenic effect (a teratogen is a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects).

Men and women differ in the way they anticipate an unpleasant emotional experience, which influences the effectiveness with which that experience is committed to memory, according to new research.

Scientists have for the first time generated stem cells from one of the most rapidly progressing forms of Parkinson’s disease.

The low genetic diversity of the Iberian lynx – the most endangered carnivore in Europe – may not decrease the species’ chance of survival, according to new research by geneticists.

The British Tinnitus Association, in collaboration with UCL Ear Institute researchers, launched the 'Tackling Tinnitus' campaign this week. The campaign aims to raise funds to allow this important tinnitus research to continue. Read more

Medical research centres run by UCL in partnership with three NHS trusts have received preliminary government funding worth a total of approximately £165 million over five years.

Professor Roger Ekins, the recently retired Head of UCL Molecular Endocrinology, has been given the Department of Health’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations to Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging’s Professor Eleanor Maguire, who has been awarded the Joan Mott Prize from The Physiological Society.

Animals' brains are only roughly aware of how high-up they are in space, meaning that in terms of altitude the brain’s ‘map’ of space is surprisingly flat, according to new research.

Ten UCL researchers have received European Research Council (ERC) Starting Investigator grants with a total value of more than £12.4 million.