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Health - Pharmacology - 14.02.2025
Psychiatric drug development and an award for our Incubator: News from Imperial
Psychiatric drug development and an award for our Incubator: News from Imperial
By Benjie Coleman , Laura Gallagher , Ryan O'Hare , Sylvia Garvin , Samantha Rey Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.

Health - Pharmacology - 12.02.2025
Prioritise vaccine boosters for vulnerable immunocompromised patients, say scientists
Prioritise vaccine boosters for vulnerable immunocompromised patients, say scientists
Vaccinations alone may not be enough to protect people with compromised immune systems from infection, even if the vaccine has generated the production of antibodies, new research from the University of Cambridge has shown.

Health - Pharmacology - 11.02.2025
Financial incentives and counselling improve tuberculosis outcomes in South Africa
Financial incentives and counselling improve tuberculosis outcomes in South Africa
Providing tuberculosis (TB) patients with advice and money can help them to finish their treatment and recover, finds a new study involving UCL researchers. The research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases , demonstrated that patients who received counselling and cash incentives (around $10) for turning up to appointments on time, had a 52% lower relative risk of having an unsuccessful treatment outcome.

Health - Pharmacology - 10.02.2025
What you need to know about the new implants to patch up failing hearts
Responding to an Nature article that reported the growth of heart muscle patches from precursor cells to mend the damaged monkey hearts, Professor John Martin (UCL Medicine) cautions scepticism in The Conversation. There are many difficulties in converting any biological research into a medicine that will treat patients.

Health - Pharmacology - 05.02.2025
GLP-1 drug shows little benefit for people with Parkinson’s disease
The GLP-1 drug, exenatide, has no positive impact on the movement, symptoms or brain imaging of people with Parkinson's disease, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The world's largest and longest trial of exenatide in people with Parkinson's disease was funded by the National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR) with support for sub-studies from Cure Parkinson's and Van Andel Institute.

Pharmacology - Innovation - 31.01.2025
UK's first In-silico Regulatory Science and Innovation Centre of Excellence gets green light
UK’s first In-silico Regulatory Science and Innovation Centre of Excellence gets green light

Pharmacology - Health - 30.01.2025
Scientists seek to reduce obesity drug side effects
A new study is seeking to harness the potential of weight-loss drugs without some of the unwelcome side-effects, in a £1.2 million research The anti-diabetic medication semaglutide, also known

Health - Pharmacology - 27.01.2025
Oxford and GSK launch £50million immuno-prevention programme to advance novel cancer research
Oxford and GSK launch £50million immuno-prevention programme to advance novel cancer research

Pharmacology - Health - 27.01.2025
Novo Nordisk found in breach of transparency standards by PMCPA

Pharmacology - Health - 17.01.2025
Psychedelic drug being tested as treatment for heavy drinking
A psychedelic drug is being tested as a novel way to reduce problematic alcohol consumption, in an ongoing study led by UCL researchers.

Health - Pharmacology - 16.01.2025
New precision medicine study for patients with biliary tract cancer opens
New precision medicine study for patients with biliary tract cancer opens

Health - Pharmacology - 16.01.2025
Sleep apnoea home testing device recommended for use in the NHS
Sleep apnoea home testing device recommended for use in the NHS

Health - Pharmacology - 14.01.2025
New research clarifies role of procalcitonin tests in treating paediatric infection
New research finds that PCT (procalcitonin) blood test does not lower antibiotic treatment duration for hospitalised children . A study led by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Cardiff University's Centre of Clinical Trials Research, has found that despite previous promising analysis, a blood test used to diagnose infection and sepsis did not reduce the time children spend on intravenous antibiotics in hospitals.

Health - Pharmacology - 14.01.2025
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: Global Commission proposes major overhaul of obesity diagnosis, going beyond BMI to define when obesity is a disease
A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organisations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other

Health - Pharmacology - 13.01.2025
Tumour DNA in the blood can predict lung cancer outcome
A test to detect tumour DNA circulating in the blood can predict lung cancer outcomes, finds new research from scientists at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute, UCLH and Personalis.

Pharmacology - Health - 09.01.2025
Researchers call for legislative reform to improve transparency in drug company payments
University of Bath research reveal gaps in drug company payment transparency, risking public trust and patient safety.

Pharmacology - Health - 02.01.2025
Can patient groups remain independent with drug company funding?
Can patient groups remain independent with drug company funding?

Health - Pharmacology - 18.12.2024
Cheap-as-chips device could revolutionise asthma care
A device costing just pennies, based on an idea by a University of Manchester Professor to help his son use an inhaler, could be a gamechanger for asthma patients.

Health - Pharmacology - 17.12.2024
University spin-out secures £350,000 SMART Grant funding to tackle asthma

Health - Pharmacology - 13.12.2024
Wireless-powered therapeutics research takes top prize at IET competition

Health - Pharmacology - 12.12.2024
Epileptic dogs on anti-seizure drugs more likely to experience increased appetite and become overweight or obese
Research shows epileptic dogs on anti-seizure drugs more likely to experience increased appetite and become overweight or obese The findings led by the Royal Veterinary College are key in helping vet

Pharmacology - Health - 10.12.2024
Biomarker test could significantly reduce antibiotic use in sepsis, finds trial
Biomarker test could significantly reduce antibiotic use in sepsis, finds trial
A major UK patient trial of a new biomarker testing protocol for sepsis, led by University of Manchester researchers, has shown it is possible to safely stop antibiotic treatment earlier than current care.

Pharmacology - Health - 10.12.2024
First vaccine against blood-stage malaria is well-tolerated and offers effective protection
The results of a clinical tria l'into a new malaria vaccine candidate (RH5.1/Matrix-MTM) show it is well-tolerated and offers effective protection against the blood-stage of the disease - the first inoculation to do so.

Health - Pharmacology - 06.12.2024
Duncan Richards appointed as Head of Department of Medicine

Pharmacology - 05.12.2024
International stroke research project comes to a close after 7 years
International stroke research project comes to a close after 7 years

Pharmacology - Health - 05.12.2024
First in human study for Huntington’s disease led by UCL academic

Pharmacology - Innovation - 04.12.2024
Imperial spinout Siftr Bio aims to improve precision of ADC cancer drugs

Health - Pharmacology - 29.11.2024
New CAR-T cell therapy gives hope for patients with aggressive blood cancer
New CAR-T cell therapy gives hope for patients with aggressive blood cancer
A new chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy has delivered promising results in treating patients with an aggressive blood cancer, in results from a clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and UCLH.

Health - Pharmacology - 28.11.2024
Ministers unveil new scanner to speed up diagnosis and treatment of disease
Ministers unveil new scanner to speed up diagnosis and treatment of disease

Life Sciences - Pharmacology - 26.11.2024
New imaging of bacterial DNA uncovers secrets to future antibiotic design
In a new study, scientists from our top-rated Biosciences department joined forces with researchers from Jagiellonian University (Poland), and the John Innes Centre to reveal how a bacterial enzyme called DNA gyrase twists and stabilises DNA.

Health - Pharmacology - 22.11.2024
Glox Therapeutics secures £1m in PACE grant funding to progress work on antibiotics that target drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria

Health - Pharmacology - 21.11.2024
The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women - that might be a bad idea
The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women - that might be a bad idea

Health - Pharmacology - 21.11.2024
Anthony Harnden appointed as the new Chair of the MHRA
Anthony Harnden appointed as the new Chair of the MHRA

Health - Pharmacology - 21.11.2024
Genetic test for deafness in newborns to be trialled across the UK
Genetic test for deafness in newborns to be trialled across the UK

Health - Pharmacology - 20.11.2024
University of Manchester receives $1.3 million international donation to fund new cancer research PhD
University of Manchester receives $1.3 million international donation to fund new cancer research PhD

Pharmacology - Health - 17.11.2024
Curing cancer: finding new ways to identify and treat cancer cells
Curing cancer: finding new ways to identify and treat cancer cells
Understanding how cancer cells grow and change could be the key to disrupting how they proliferate. Dr Griselda Awanis is using a new tracking technology to understand just this.

Pharmacology - Career - 14.11.2024
Pharmacy technicians undervalued and underpaid, reveals study
Many of England's pharmacy technicians are forced to endure low pay, poor job satisfaction, bullying, lack of support and stressful work environments, a study by University of Manchester researchers has shown.

Health - Pharmacology - 14.11.2024
UCL Prize Lecture: 'It's a very exciting time to be a vaccinologist'
UCL Prize Lecture: ’It’s a very exciting time to be a vaccinologist’

Health - Pharmacology - 13.11.2024
Diabetes rate doubles to 800 million adults, but over half are untreated
The total number of adults living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the world has surpassed 800 million, according to new Imperial-led research. The authors say there is an urgent need to improve early detection and effective treatment of diabetes in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs), where cases have drastically increased since 1990.

Health - Pharmacology - 13.11.2024
University of Glasgow scientists awarded £1.5m to find better and kinder cancer treatments

Health - Pharmacology - 12.11.2024
UCL spinout Autolus gains US approval for cancer therapy
Autolus Therapeutics, a UCL spinout company, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, for a next-generation CAR-T cell therapy, developed to treat adults with an aggressive blood cancer.

Health - Pharmacology - 11.11.2024
Pandemic preparedness cannot rely on vaccine development alone
Pandemic preparedness cannot rely on vaccine development alone

Health - Pharmacology - 08.11.2024
Cancer therapy with potential to transform lupus treatment delivered in UK first
Cancer therapy with potential to transform lupus treatment delivered in UK first

Health - Pharmacology - 07.11.2024
New research seeks to better understand the role of the gut microbiome in Crohn’s disease
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have secured more than $3m to study the role the gut microbiome plays in post-operative outcomes for patients with Crohn's disease.

Health - Pharmacology - 04.11.2024
Ai trial to help people survive cancer
Ai trial to help people survive cancer

Health - Pharmacology - 01.11.2024
New early phase trial for patients with recurrent glioblastoma

Pharmacology - Health - 29.10.2024
University secures beLAB1407 funding for new heart drug

Health - Pharmacology - 29.10.2024
AI may reduce the need for life-changing cancer surgery
AI may reduce the need for life-changing cancer surgery

Pharmacology - Health - 29.10.2024
Helping patients to manage chronic pain without strong opioids - a real possibility
Our researchers are changing lives by equipping clinicians and patients with the skills to help manage painful health conditions without using potentially harmful strong opioids. Experts from our Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing have developed a ten-footsteps training programme with the Live Well with Pain team.

Health - Pharmacology - 24.10.2024
AI model can predict health risks, including early death, from ECGs
A new AI model can predict patients' risk of developing and worsening disease, and even their risk of early death, using an electrocardiogram (ECG). Researchers at Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust believe their work, published today in Lancet Digital Health, could be used in the NHS within five years.
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