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Health - Life Sciences - 14.04.2025
Lab-on-Chip innovator Dr Despina Moschou elected to EAMBES
Lab-on-Chip innovator Dr Despina Moschou elected to EAMBES

Health - Life Sciences - 07.04.2025
One in 3,000 people at risk of punctured lung from faulty gene - almost 100 times higher than previous estimate
As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new estimates from Cambridge researchers.

Health - Life Sciences - 07.04.2025
Two early career bioscientists will tackle health challenges with prestigious award

Life Sciences - Health - 04.04.2025
Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system
Scientists cast new light on how fasting impacts the immune system
New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the immune system adapts during fasting, through a handful of highly specialized neurons responsible for making animals hungry.

Health - Life Sciences - 02.04.2025
Imperial’s Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg elected prestigious Schmidt Science Fellow

Health - Life Sciences - 21.03.2025
Researchers named as NIHR Senior Investigators in 2025
Researchers named as NIHR Senior Investigators in 2025

Health - Life Sciences - 18.03.2025
UK’s first Fellowship in brain tumour neurology to be based at the University of Glasgow

Life Sciences - Environment - 18.03.2025
Chimpanzee genes have changed over time to suit local conditions
Chimpanzee genes have changed over time to suit local conditions
Professor Aida Andres and Harrison Ostridge (both UCL Biosciences) explain their study which involved collecting faecal samples from hundreds of wild chimpanzees across 17 African countries as part of the Pan African Programme: The Cultured Chimpanzee. Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing  over 98% of our DNA.

Health - Life Sciences - 17.03.2025
Cambridge and London hospitals to pioneer brain implants to combat alcohol and opioid addiction
Cambridge and London hospitals to pioneer brain implants to combat alcohol and opioid addiction
People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and improve self-control.

Life Sciences - Event - 11.03.2025
The University of Manchester and Saraco Industries Limited celebrate knowledge transfer project at annual Bionow Awards
The University of Manchester and Saraco Industries Limited celebrate knowledge transfer project at annual Bionow Awards

Life Sciences - 07.03.2025
Bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
Bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
Writing in The Conversation, Dr George Butler (UCL Cancer Institute) explains how his research found that larger species do have more cancer compared to smaller ones.

Health - Life Sciences - 07.03.2025
Microbiota transplantation offers new hope against cotton leaf curl disease
Researchers at the University of Glasgow and the Forman Christian College University, Pakistan, are pioneering a groundbreaking approach to combat the devastating Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) through microbiota transplantation.

Life Sciences - 06.03.2025
Uncertain future for amazing heat-resistant fish
Despite acclimatising to one of the hottest marine habitats on earth, reef fishes still face an uncertain future, an international team of scientists has found. The team led by New York University Abu Dhabi and University of Manchester researchers show that fishes living in the Arabian Gulf reefs have - remarkably - adapted to extreme summer temperatures, which are akin to a hot bath.

Environment - Life Sciences - 05.03.2025
Researchers help protect migratory birds
Researchers from our top-rated Biosciences department in collaboration with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), have conducted a study to understand the challenges faced by migratory birds across Europe and Africa. The study found that many species lack consistent protection during their long journeys, leading to population declines.

Life Sciences - Health - 05.03.2025
Genetic causes of rare condition linked to hearing loss and infertility found
Latest research led from Manchester could revolutionise the diagnosis of Perrault syndrome, a rare genetic condition that results in hearing loss.

Life Sciences - 05.03.2025
Bonobos and chimps give insight into early human sexual behaviour
Using sex to manage social tension dates back over six million years to humans' common ape ancestor, according to a new study.

Health - Life Sciences - 05.03.2025
Genomics to revolutionise treatment of childhood rare diseases
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).

Health - Life Sciences - 04.03.2025
Moments of scientific discovery captured in stunning images
Moments of scientific discovery captured in stunning images
Images captured by UCL researchers have been showcased in the fourth annual National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) 'A Moment of Discovery' image competition.

Career - Life Sciences - 27.02.2025
Geraint Thomas to become Pro-Vice-Provost (Doctoral School & Early Career Research Staff)
Geraint Thomas to become Pro-Vice-Provost (Doctoral School & Early Career Research Staff)

Life Sciences - 26.02.2025
Tiny changes in gene expression can lead to big differences in eye size

Health - Life Sciences - 25.02.2025
The Waterloo Foundation awards £1.25m to study the impact of nutrition on child brain development

Health - Life Sciences - 21.02.2025
Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight
Genetic therapy gives infants life-changing improvements in sight
Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine through UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, with the support of MeiraGTx.

Life Sciences - Campus - 20.02.2025
Sue Iversen (1940-2025)

Life Sciences - Health - 18.02.2025
Artificial human DNA study raises urgent ethical questions for society
Researchers from The University of Manchester - in collaboration with the Universities of Granada, Lund, and Oslo - have conducted the first-ever ethical analysis of artificial human DNA. The study, published in the Journal of Medical Ethics , explores how this emerging technology could impact identity, privacy and even reproduction, raising urgent questions for society.

Life Sciences - Health - 14.02.2025
Neuroscientist recognised with honorary MBE
Neuroscientist recognised with honorary MBE

Life Sciences - Environment - 12.02.2025
Local fishermen rescue humpback whale off the coast of Skye

Chemistry - Life Sciences - 10.02.2025
Recyclable artificial vision system could be sweet for the environment
A new form of energy-efficient artificial vision system inspired by the human brain and made in part using honey could help reduce the impact of electronic waste.

Veterinary - Life Sciences - 06.02.2025
Study identifies genes associated with higher risk of fracture in horses
New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has identified more than 100 genes that may contribute to bone fracture risk in Thoroughbreds. These findings will inform further research into genetic risk factors, contributing to health and well-being efforts and supporting the development of novel interventions to reduce fracture risk in horses.

Health - Life Sciences - 30.01.2025
Early support for children living in marginalised communities can improve developmental outcomes
Early support for children living in marginalised communities can improve developmental outcomes
Research by experts at the Department of Paediatrics , and published in the European Journal of Paediatrics shows that early interventions of support to the development of children living in disadvantaged settings, can significantly improve their neurodevelopmental outcomes during early childhood.

Health - Life Sciences - 28.01.2025
Meningitis tragedy spurs unique schools prevention programme
Meningitis tragedy spurs unique schools prevention programme

Health - Life Sciences - 23.01.2025
Researchers developing brain implants for treating Parkinson’s disease
Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson's disease.

Social Sciences - Life Sciences - 23.01.2025
Autistic perspectives sought for new study on comics and inclusion
Autistic perspectives sought for new study on comics and inclusion

Paleontology - Life Sciences - 23.01.2025
New twist in mystery of dinosaurs' origin
New twist in mystery of dinosaurs’ origin
The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. Currently, the oldest known dinosaur fossils date back about 230 million years and were unearthed further south in places including Brazil, Argentina and Zimbabwe.

Life Sciences - 22.01.2025
Wild baboons not capable of visual self-awareness when viewing their own reflection
Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists at UCL. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons noticed and responded to a laser mark shone on their arms, legs and hands, they did not react when they saw, via their mirror reflection, the laser on their faces and ears.

Life Sciences - Health - 20.01.2025
Create enhanced precision in neuromodulation

Life Sciences - Health - 20.01.2025
Imperial receives £15m ARIA funding for breakthrough brain research

Life Sciences - Psychology - 15.01.2025
Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire
Tribute to pioneering cognitive neuroscientist Professor Eleanor Maguire

Environment - Life Sciences - 15.01.2025
Clyde in the Classroom celebrates 25 years of inspiring ecology
Clyde in the Classroom celebrates 25 years of inspiring ecology

Life Sciences - Health - 15.01.2025
Analysis: Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws - here's why that matters for conservation
Analysis: Red squirrels fed on peanuts have weaker jaws - here’s why that matters for conservation
Rapid change seen in the Formby squirrels' jaws following the removal of supplementary peanuts may have implications for the conservation of red squirrels and other species argues Dr Philip Cox (UCL Biosciences) in The Conversation.

Environment - Life Sciences - 09.01.2025
Analysis: Shared heat tolerance leaves ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse

Health - Life Sciences - 08.01.2025
Brain scans to give crucial insight into childhood genetic disease
Brain scans to give crucial insight into childhood genetic disease
An international team of scientists are to set to use thousands of MRI brain scans from research teams around the world in a bid to study Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a lifelong neurological condition.

Health - Life Sciences - 08.01.2025
Harnessing AI to respond to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance
A prototype AI chatbot tool has been developed to help pull together vital human, animal and environmental health information to support the global response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Life Sciences - Innovation - 08.01.2025
Researcher informs UK energy security and AI policy

Life Sciences - 07.01.2025
Sex differences in brain structure present at birth
Sex differences in brain structure present at birth
Sex differences in brain structure are present from birth, research from the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge has shown.

Life Sciences - Physics - 06.01.2025
Multidisciplinary team of scientists aims to solve mystery of magnetoreception
A significant research grant from the Wellcome Trust will allow a team of researchers to identify the biological mechanisms through which magnetic forces affect animals, including humans. Scientists have long known that many animals have a magnetic sense, which some use to navigate around the Earth, particularly during their spectacular seasonal migrations.

Agronomy & Food Science - Life Sciences - 19.12.2024
Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms
Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms
A new tool that predicts the behaviour of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia.

Life Sciences - 17.12.2024
University awarded grant to explore how body clocks affect healthy ageing
University awarded grant to explore how body clocks affect healthy ageing

Life Sciences - Health - 16.12.2024
RVC awarded international grants to advance research into cattle vaccines

Life Sciences - Health - 13.12.2024
£6.4 million to explore how protein modification impacts cell physiology

Life Sciences - Health - 12.12.2024
Leading scientists call for global conversation about mirror bacteria