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Researchers have been able to see what happens in the inflamed joints of children with arthritis, giving insight into why treatments affect children differently.

A set of genes that could be used to help doctors predict which children will respond well to treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have been identified by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), who are part of the CLUSTER Consortium.

Congratulations to members of UCL’s community who have been recognised in The King’s Birthday Honours for their outstanding contributions to economics, child health, the history of medicine, addiction care, science outreach on space, and patient safety.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Russell Viner (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) discusses his new report on global adolescent health and wellbeing.

Eight UCL researchers have been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their ground-breaking research and delivery of new benefits to patients.

Researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo.

A UCL-led trial of a new mental health drop-in service for children around England shows significant reductions in emotional and behavioural difficulties, and improved quality of life.

An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life-threatening immune disorder called severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I, or LAD-I, in an international clinical trial co-led by UCL.

A new metagenomic test developed by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) is providing clinical teams around the country with vital information about rare infections – allowing for patients to access targeted treatments they desperately need.

Autolus Therapeutics, a UCL spinout company, has received authorisation from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for a next-generation CAR T-cell therapy developed to treat adults with an aggressive blood cancer.

Professor Helen Bedford (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) writes in The Conversation how, though measles was eliminated in the US, low vaccination rates since Covid have led to an outbreak in Texas, and vaccination rates in England are likewise too low.

Women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause, which may be linked to the sex hormone oestrogen and explain why they are less susceptible to certain infectious diseases than men, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL.

Five UCL researchers have been appointed or re-appointed as National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators in the NIHR’s 2025 round of awards.

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, the UK Government’s former Deputy Chief Medical Officer, was joined by leading public policy and science experts at a lively and informative debate held at UCL to mark the fifth anniversary of the official start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A simple genomics blood test could improve treatment and care for childhood epilepsy, but more investment is needed to make access fair and securely join up the data, finds a new study involving researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).