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Health - Life Sciences - 10.01.2025
Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body against infections
A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, E.coli and other bugs - and it may be altered by changing your diet. Our results suggest that what we eat is potentially very important in controlling the likelihood of infection with a range of bacteria.
Life Sciences - Health - 09.01.2025
Genetic changes in brain cells link ageing and Alzheimer’s
Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer's disease have been identified by researchers at UCL and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI). The study, published in Brain , found that genetic variations in brain cells, particularly the immune cells in the brain (microglia) and the cells that support nerve cells (oligodendrocytes), are linked to both ageing and Alzheimer's.
Health - Life Sciences - 07.01.2025

Researchers from Oxford's Institute of Population Ageing and the University of Manchester, and Tufts University have found that head injuries, such as those induced in sports and the military, may re-awaken dormant viruses in the brain, triggering the onset of conditions including Alzheimer's Disease and dementia.
Life Sciences - Health - 07.01.2025

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute. Down syndrome affects around one in 800 new births and is caused by an extra third copy of chromosome 21.
Health - Life Sciences - 06.01.2025

Bath researchers create new material for treating central nervous system injuries and neurodegenerative diseases, offering hope of new therapies Researchers at the University of Bath and Keele University have invented a new composite material that can help neural stem cells to grow The material has potential for use in new treatments for central nervous system injuries and neurodegenerative diseases Made from cellulose and piezo-ceramic particle
Health - Life Sciences - 03.01.2025

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. More and more people of all'ages are reporting feeling lonely. We need to find ways to tackle this growing problem and keep people connected to help them stay healthy Barbara Sahakian Researchers from the UK and China drew this conclusion after studying proteins from blood samples taken from over 42,000 adults recruited to the UK Biobank.
Life Sciences - History / Archeology - 02.01.2025

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research co-led by a UCL and Francis Crick Institute researcher. Researchers can bring together a picture of how people moved across the world by looking at changes in their DNA, but this becomes a lot harder when historical groups of people are genetically very similar.
Health - Life Sciences - 01.01.2025
System to auto-detect new variants will inform better response to future infectious disease outbreaks
Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis. The approach will quickly show which variants of a pathogen are most worrying in terms of the potential to make people ill.
Health - Life Sciences - 23.12.2024
Five breakthroughs in Brain Sciences at Imperial
From new surgical techniques and treatments to studies on neurodegenerative disease, here are five of the top brain science stories from this year. Liraglutide slowing Alzheimer's Liraglutide, popularly known as Ozempic, has been trending as the latest weight loss drug in Hollywood, but researchers at Imperial have discovered a new possible use for it.
Life Sciences - Health - 20.12.2024
Way to test the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape
Researchers develop a way to test the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape Scientists have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape. This test could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well as blood banking.
Health - Life Sciences - 17.12.2024

A team of scientists has discovered that an ancient medicinal clay known as Lemnian Earth (LE) could inspire new understanding of how to support present-day gut health. The team also think that that LE was probably the prototype for the modern medicinal pill as far back as the 1st millennium, before the Common Era (BCE), since it was shaped into a small pellet, stamped with a seal and taken with liquids such as wine.
Health - Life Sciences - 12.12.2024
The genetic basis of fertility, family and longevity
A new review by researchers from Oxford Population Health and the University of Iceland, published in Nature Aging , reveals how your DNA shapes reproductive health, fertility, and even life expectancy. Led by researchers from the University of Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the University of Iceland, the review explores how genetic variations can explain differences in reproductive health and longevity.
Life Sciences - Health - 12.12.2024
’Clark Kent’ of cells, secretly fighting to protect us from viruses
From hard-working newspaper reporter to world-saving superhero, Clark Kent makes the transition to Superman in just a few seconds. Now, scientists have discovered that human cells are home to their own hidden superheroes, secretly helping us to fight off a range of viruses. The latest study, led by the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research in collaboration with the Rosalind Franklin Institute, has uncovered intriguing new insights into how our cells respond to viral infection.
Life Sciences - Health - 12.12.2024

Genetic variants that determine the shape of your teeth - including a gene inherited from Neanderthals - have been identified by a team co-led by UCL researchers. In a new paper published in Current Biology , scientists found substantial tooth differences between ethnicities, potentially due in part to a gene inherited from Neanderthals that was only found in study participants of European origin.
Life Sciences - Health - 06.12.2024

Scientists reveal how coffee wilt fungi gained genes to better infect arabica and robusta crops. A new study reveals how genetic interactions between fungal pathogens contributed to the repeated outbreaks of coffee wilt disease threatening arabica and robusta coffee. Coffee wilt disease is caused by Fusarium xylarioides , a soil-borne fungus that invades coffee plants through the roots, eventually blocking water uptake and causing the plants to wilt.
Life Sciences - 04.12.2024
New cell component of muscle movement discovered
Specialist macrophages play a key role in the control of muscle and movement Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered that specialist macrophages - a type of white blood cell -play a key role in the control of muscle contraction and locomotion. The discovery overturns previous assumptions that muscle contraction and movement is controlled solely by the nervous system - including the brain and spinal cord.
Life Sciences - Health - 03.12.2024
’Chemical metronome’ helps the brain to keep time
Researchers uncover a 'chemical metronome' in the brain, which helps to synchronise the master clock telling us when it's time to sleeep. In a study of brain cells from mice and humans, researchers have found that star-shaped cells called astrocytes rhythmically produce a chemical pulse that helps the brain's master clock to keep time, influencing our circadian rhythm and sleep-wake cycle.
Life Sciences - 27.11.2024
AI can predict study results better than human experts
Large language models, a type of AI that analyses text, can predict the results of proposed neuroscience studies more accurately than human experts, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The findings, published in Nature Human Behaviour , demonstrate that large language models (LLMs) trained on vast datasets of text can distil patterns from scientific literature, enabling them to forecast scientific outcomes with superhuman accuracy.
Life Sciences - Health - 25.11.2024
Differences in brain pathology between paediatric and adult patients following traumatic brain injury
A study led by the University of Glasgow has revealed differences in the brains of paediatric and adult patients' that might explain the sometimes catastrophic outcomes seen in children following a traumatic brain injury. In findings published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the researchers found first pathological evidence that the pattern of damage to blood vessels after a severe brain injury appears to be age-dependant.
Health - Life Sciences - 22.11.2024

An Imperial-led study has highlighted how rare variants of a gene regulating the gut lining may increase the risk of MIS-C by up to four times. Scientists have uncovered genetic variants which help to explain why some children with mild COVID-19 go on to develop a severe inflammatory condition weeks after their infection.
Innovation - Feb 14
Scaling sustainable carbon fibre production: A breakthrough in lignin-based innovation
Scaling sustainable carbon fibre production: A breakthrough in lignin-based innovation

Environment - Feb 13
Restoring wildlife habitats in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions, experts warn
Restoring wildlife habitats in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions, experts warn
