All news headlines

The world’s longest continuously running birth cohort study, which follows thousands of participants born in the first week of March 1946 and is hosted by UCL, is celebrating its 80th birthday.

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and happier lives, the findings of a UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital-led international clinical trial show.

UCL’s Professor Francesco Muntoni has received the 2026 Novo Nordisk Prize for his pioneering research offering hope to children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Black women in the UK are entering menopause severely under informed, under supported, and often dismissed by healthcare professionals, according to new research from the UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health.

A UCL academic and the patient who took part in his groundbreaking trial have been jointly named among the top 100 people in health globally by a prestigious US magazine.

Diabetes drugs that may soon be prescribed more widely in England could save thousands of lives each year, suggests a new study by researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

Middle-aged women from more deprived backgrounds in Great Britain are significantly more likely to smoke and face greater challenges when trying to quit, according to a new study from researchers at UCL.

A major study by UCL and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan (INT) researchers has for the first time shown in detail how far children’s cancer has spread at diagnosis in a way that can be compared between countries.

In an article for the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Dr Sharon Cox (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) reports on new analysis finding that one in eight people who drink at increasing or higher-risk levels felt guilt or remorse after drinking in the past six months.

A team led by UCL researchers with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found B cells—alongside T cells—play a key role in arthritis-related eye disease (JIA uveitis), a condition that can cause long-term vision loss in children.

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

Researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have developed the first-ever lab-grown mini-stomach that contains the key components of the full-sized human organ.

Reproductive health education needs a radical overhaul, with appropriately trained teachers providing the education the pupils say they need, UCL researchers say.  

Professor Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) discusses the physiological and psychological benefits of incorporating art into our everyday lives. Writing for The Guardian, she explains the science behind it.

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) debunks the 'mad artistic genius' theory and explores the complexities behind the stereotype.