UCL in the media
Researchers transform Parkinson’s tremors into music
A new music album based on the tremors of people with Parkinson’s has been launched by a team of UCL researchers, led by Dr Christian Lambert (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology), to help provide relief for people with the condition.
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Patients' anguish as FDA delays decision to approve Eli Lilly's 'life-changing' Alzheimer's drug
Professor Robert Howard (UCL Institute of Mental Health) said: 'The longer [competitor] lecanemab has a licence but donanemab doesn't, the more the available (but limited) US capacity to treat patients with amyloid antibodies will be blocked by the first drug to hit the market.'
Mending the fracture: India’s healthcare gender gap
Dr Radhika Jain (UCL Global Business School for Health) explains how insurance has opened the door for many women to access health services, but it is “far from a well-rounded solution to gender inequity”.
Unbottling the history of poison
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) discusses how people literally got away with murder until chemists developed tests for substances like arsenic.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ (from 2 min, 34 sec)
British Medical Journal ‘played along with Hamas’, claims leading US doctor
Emeritus Professor David Katz (UCL Infection & Immunity), as editor of the International Journal of Experimental Pathology, comments on accusations by a leading doctor that The British Medical Journal has been “playing along with Hamas” in its coverage of the Gaza war.
New treatment could transform the mental health of children with epilepsy
A new psychological treatment for children with epilepsy, developed by a UCL-led team of scientists, has been shown to reduce mental health difficulties compared to standard care, a new study led by Dr Sophie Bennett (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) finds.
Children with ‘lazy eye’ are at increased risk of serious disease in adulthood
Adults who had ‘lazy eye’ in childhood are more likely to experience series disease in adulthood, as well as an increased risk of heart attack, finds a new study led by UCL researchers including Dr Siegfried Wagner (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital).
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Apple brings in changes to European App Store
Managing mobile devices is “totally different” from third-party app stores, and Apple is “deliberately confusing it here to muddy the waters”, says Dr Michael Veale (UCL Laws).
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Where could Jeremy Hunt’s budget cuts fall?
“The government might consider cuts when it comes to transport infrastructure, but if it does so when it comes to repairs then we will have even more potholes in the road," says Professor John Kelsey (UCL Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction).
What lessons about the gender gap can be learnt from Iceland?
Iceland has understood that gender inequality is endemic and rooted in society, which is why it has adopted a systematic approach to narrowing the gender gap, explains Aleisha Ebrahimi (UCL Laws).