UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences

2 July 2013: Irreversible tissue loss seen within 40 days of spinal cord injury

The rate and extent of damage to the spinal cord and brain following spinal cord injury have long been a mystery. Now, a joint research effort by UCL, the University of Zurich and University Hospital Balgrist has found evidence that patients already have irreversible tissue loss in the spinal cord within 40 days of injury. More...

26 June 2013: Director appointed to Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

UCL is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor John O'Keefe as Inaugural Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. More...

25 June 2013: €500,000 to examine the role of zinc in public health

Researchers at UCL will play a major role in an international science project to examine the role of zinc in public health and well-being. More...

24 June 2013: Breastfeeding boosts ability to climb social ladder

Breastfeeding not only boosts children’s chances of climbing the social ladder, but it also reduces the chances of downwards mobility, suggests a large study published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. More...

24 June 2013: Lord Sebastian Coe opens Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health

Lord Sebastian Coe officially opened a new sport institute which will be a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, treating elite athletes, ‘weekend warriors’ and NHS patients under the same roof. More...

19 June 2013: Researchers shed light on MERS Coronavirus transmission

17 June 2013: 'Chase and run' cell movement mechanism explains metastasis

11 June 2013: Blood pressure at night is higher than previously thought

6 June 2013: UCL awarded £11.1m towards new Institute of Immunity and Transplantation

6 June 2013: Strategy for Francis Crick Institute unveiled at topping out ceremony

29 May 2013: Avatar therapy helps silence voices in schizophrenia

23 May 2013: UCLPartners gets the green light to improve the healthcare of over six million people

17 May 2013: Grassroots women’s groups could halve maternal death rate

17 May 2013: Global health policy fails to address burden of disease on men

16 May 2013: Post-mortem MRI: a viable alternative to an autopsy

16 May 2013: Grant Museum wins Cultural Pros Award at Museums + Heritage Awards

13 May 2013: Stress and unhealthy lifestyle increase risk of heart disease

9 May 2013: TRACK-HD study identifies early predictors of disease progression in Huntington's disease

1 May 2013: Behaviour of seabirds during migration revealed

19 April 2013: Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas

18 April 2013: European Commission must innovate to get value from €70 billion science funding programme

12 April 2013: Search for new antibiotics advanced by discovery of key processes within bacterial protein

4 April 2013: Child heart surgeons access clearer picture of their success rate

27 March 2013: UCL PhD researcher strikes gold in Parliament

27 March 2013: UCL Friends of MSF charity run