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UCL has joined a pioneering European consortium working to discover new treatments for rare neuromuscular disorders (NMDs). 

Memory dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease may be linked to impairment in how the brain replays our recent experiences while we are resting, according to a new study in mice by UCL scientists.

A new global public-private partnership using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate drug discovery is launching with UCL as one of the lead academic partners.

A life science boom in central London could add £3.5bn to the economy and create 20,000 life science jobs.

Analysis of ancient DNA has confirmed that certain human herpesviruses became part of the human genome thousands of years ago, in a study involving a UCL researcher.

Professor Max Telford (UCL Biosciences) examines how the earliest fossils of complex animals, which appeared suddenly in rocks that were 538 million years old, evolved. Writing in The Conversation, he explains how a new scientific idea might help solve the mystery.

In 2025, UCL scientists made breakthroughs in Huntington’s disease, cancer and sight loss, revealed the Sun’s south pole and life under the Antarctic ice. We also found lost maps, flew with wasps, and identified an ancient reptile. Here we look back at another extraordinary year.

The identity of a Roman-era individual found in southern England has finally been resolved after scientists at UCL and the Natural History Museum were able to sequence high quality DNA from her skeletal remains.

The failure of governments to agree with leading scientists on a major United Nations’ report “risks impeding timely action on environmental goals”, UCL and other academics say in a new article.

A new artificial intelligence model could help design antibodies which better protect the body against viruses and disease, finds a new study by UCL and University of Surrey researchers.

The UCLB pharmaceutical spinout, EpilepsyGTx which is developing new treatments for refractory epilepsy, has raised $33 million USD (£24.78 million) in Series A funding to bring its gene therapy to clinical trials.

Eight early career researchers from across UCL have received fellowships from the Royal Society to support their research on subjects ranging from neurology to astrophysics.

A total of 70 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ for 2025, which recognises the most influential researchers in their fields.

Three UCL scientists have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grants 2025 to support research into how lung cancer spreads and how the brain controls instinctive behaviours.

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Max Telford (UCL Biosciences) explores a new link that may explain how animals evolved from single-celled organisms and how this fits into existing theories on evolution.