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Health - Pharmacology - 15.07.2025
Smarter targeted radiotherapy just as effective for low-risk breast cancer and reduces risk of side effects
Thousands of women who undergo radiotherapy for low-risk breast cancer could be spared some of the side effects of treatment after a study confirmed that more targeted treatments are just as effective at controlling the disease in the long term.

Health - Pharmacology - 15.07.2025
Penicillin allergy testing needed to fight antibiotic resistance
Penicillin allergy testing needed to fight antibiotic resistance
Removing incorrect penicillin allergy labels on GP records could combat antibiotic resistance and save lives, an NIHR-funded clinical trial led by the University of Leeds has found.

Health - Pharmacology - 11.07.2025
At the heart of life-changing science

Pharmacology - Health - 10.07.2025
Opinion: New antidepressant withdraw misses the mark for long-term use
Professor Joanna Moncrieff (UCL Psychiatry) argues in The Conversation that a new review of antidepressant withdrawal effects risks underestimating the potential harms to long-term antidepressant users by focusing on short-term, studies.

Health - Pharmacology - 09.07.2025
New study could improve early lung cancer detection for Hodgkin lymphoma survivors
A new study has opened in Manchester which could improve screening and early detection of lung cancer for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, following a £1.3 million funding award.

Pharmacology - Health - 09.07.2025
Results from largest review of its kind on antidepressant withdrawal symptoms  
The largest review of 'gold standard' antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced. The largest review of 'gold standard' antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced by people discontinuing antidepressants, finding most people do not experience severe withdrawal.

Pharmacology - Health - 09.07.2025
Largest review of its kind identifies antidepressant withdrawal symptoms
The largest review of 'gold standard' antidepressant withdrawal studies to date has identified the type and incidence of symptoms experienced by people discontinuing antidepressants, in a study involving UCL authors, finding that most people do not experience severe withdrawal.

Health - Pharmacology - 08.07.2025
HCRI co-hosts international conference on Non-Communicable Diseases and Humanitarian Medicine

Health - Pharmacology - 02.07.2025
New blood test could stop melanoma patients becoming resistant to treatment
New blood test could stop melanoma patients becoming resistant to treatment

Health - Pharmacology - 02.07.2025
Ground breaking liver disease screening study reaches 2000 patients
The Early Detection of Liver Disease research project (ID LIVER) takes a targeted and streamlined approach to identifying, assessing and managing patients at increased risk of liver disease in underserved communities.

Psychology - Pharmacology - 02.07.2025
'It was such a relief': Prescribed play boosts parents' mental health
’It was such a relief’: Prescribed play boosts parents’ mental health
A creative play programme has significantly improved new parents' and carers' mental health, according to research by the Universities of Leeds and Huddersfield.

Health - Pharmacology - 01.07.2025
Imperial's Clinical Academic Training Office celebrates a decade of excellence
Imperial’s Clinical Academic Training Office celebrates a decade of excellence

Health - Pharmacology - 27.06.2025
UK economy losing billions to cancer
Cancer is costly for patients and the NHS - but it also has a significant impact on the UK economy, according to research led by the University of Leeds. The UK could save billions of pounds per year by focusing on cancer prevention, as well as finding and treating cancer earlier, according to the Cost of Cancer report , commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

Health - Pharmacology - 26.06.2025
Patient with debilitating inherited condition receives new approved treatment on the NHS in Europe first
Patient with debilitating inherited condition receives new approved treatment on the NHS in Europe first
A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first patient in the UK and Europe to have a new treatment developed by Cambridge researchers and approved for use on the NHS.

Pharmacology - Health - 24.06.2025
Transatlantic MoU Revolutionises In-Silico Regulatory Science
Transatlantic MoU Revolutionises In-Silico Regulatory Science

Health - Pharmacology - 24.06.2025
Launch of new Total-Body PET scanner extends UK’s world-class imaging platform to Scotland

Health - Pharmacology - 19.06.2025
More time with loved ones for cancer patients spared radiation treatment
Radioactive iodine treatment after thyroid cancer surgery usually means side effects like nausea and time in hospital isolated from loved ones. But new clinical trial results from researchers at UCL mean patients worldwide could now safely be spared this treatment. Globally, around 820,000 people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer each year.

Health - Pharmacology - 19.06.2025
Scientists are world's most cited on deadly fungal disease
Scientists are world’s most cited on deadly fungal disease
University of Manchester scientists studying invasive aspergillosis are both the world's most cited and the most prolific on the topic, according to an analysis published by Guangxi university in the journal Medicine.

Pharmacology - Health - 17.06.2025
Landmark patient trial to use genetic testing to personalise treatments
Landmark patient trial to use genetic testing to personalise treatments
A major new study launching in Scotland aims to show how a simple genetic test could help doctors personalise treatments - boosting medication response and reducing harmful side effects.

Pharmacology - Health - 16.06.2025
Genes may help to predict which children will respond well to arthritis treatment
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. JIA is a childhood immune disease where the immune system attacks the body, in particular the lining of the joints.

Pharmacology - Health - 16.06.2025
Kinder, smarter leukaemia treatment transforming lives
Personalised drug treatments have outperformed chemotherapy for leukaemia patients in a trial led by Leeds researchers.

Health - Pharmacology - 16.06.2025
Fighting an inoperable brain tumour
Fighting an inoperable brain tumour

Pharmacology - Health - 16.06.2025
Opioid pain relievers with highest constipation risk
Opioid pain relievers with highest constipation risk
A study led by University of Manchester epidemiologists has revealed which opioid painkillers are most likely to be associated with constipation in patients with non-cancer pain.

Health - Pharmacology - 12.06.2025
NHS Golden Jubilee granted University Status
NHS Golden Jubilee granted University Status

Health - Pharmacology - 12.06.2025
Haemophilia gene therapy patients thriving over a decade after treatment
Patients who received a one-off gene therapy to treat haemophilia are still doing well up to 13 years later, proving that the therapy is safe and long-lasting, finds a new study from researchers at UCL, the Royal Free Hospital and St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee. The study, published in New England Journal of Medicine , is the longest reported follow-up for any gene therapy for haemophilia B, a rare genetic disorder caused by insufficient levels of a protein in the blood, called factor IX (nine), that promotes clotting after injury.

Innovation - Pharmacology - 11.06.2025
Northern Gritstone invests in Manchester spinout Apini

Health - Pharmacology - 05.06.2025
University of Glasgow scientists receive funding to pave way to stopping aggressive breast cancer spreading

Health - Pharmacology - 04.06.2025
Combination therapy can prolong life for people with severe heart disease
A daily pill can prolong the lives of people with a "stiff heart" condition called cardiac amyloidosis who have also had surgery to replace a narrowed heart valve, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and MedUni Vienna.

Health - Pharmacology - 04.06.2025
First treatment for rare disease approved by UK medicines regulator

Health - Pharmacology - 04.06.2025
Combination therapy can prolong life in severe heart disease
Combination therapy can prolong life in severe heart disease
A daily pill can prolong the lives of people with a "stiff heart" condition called cardiac amyloidosis who have also had surgery to replace a narrowed heart valve, according to a new study led by researchers at UCL and MedUni Vienna. Aortic valve narrowing (aortic stenosis), the narrowing of the valve between the heart's left pumping chamber and the main artery, is often accompanied by cardiac amyloidosis, where misfolded proteins are deposited in the heart muscle.

Health - Pharmacology - 02.06.2025
Researcher completes Everest Marathon

Health - Pharmacology - 30.05.2025
AI test to determine best prostate cancer treatment could save lives and money
A new artificial intelligence (AI) test can identify which men with prostate cancer will benefit most from the life-extending drug abiraterone, in clinical trial results presented by scientists from UCL and the Institute of Cancer Research.

Health - Pharmacology - 29.05.2025
Research initiative tackling arthritis

Health - Pharmacology - 29.05.2025
University of Glasgow forms Strategic Partnership with NHS Lanarkshire to improve health outcomes
University of Glasgow forms Strategic Partnership with NHS Lanarkshire to improve health outcomes

Economics - Pharmacology - 21.05.2025
North of England’s N8 universities worth £18.8bn to UK - report

Health - Pharmacology - 20.05.2025
Fighting back against superbugs

Pharmacology - Health - 16.05.2025
Pioneering UK clinical trial could change lives of those living with lupus
Pioneering UK clinical trial could change lives of those living with lupus
A clinical trial led by researchers from UCL and UCLH, which is soon to get underway, aims to transform the lives of lupus patients who don't respond to current treatments.

Health - Pharmacology - 16.05.2025
UCL cancer researcher honoured in TIME100 Health list
UCL cancer researcher honoured in TIME100 Health list

Health - Pharmacology - 16.05.2025
UCL and University of Cape Town secure major grant to lead landmark heart study
UCL and University of Cape Town secure major grant to lead landmark heart study

Pharmacology - Health - 15.05.2025
Breakthrough in anal cancer treatment
A kinder treatment for anal cancer involving a lower dose and shorter course of radiotherapy is more effective than traditional treatment, a clinical trial led by Leeds researchers has found.

Health - Pharmacology - 14.05.2025
Extending blood cancer remission
An innovative blood cancer treatment regime could extend remission by seven months on average, according to a clinical trial led by the University of Leeds.

Health - Pharmacology - 13.05.2025
New approach to treating aggressive breast cancers shows significant improvement in survival
New approach to treating aggressive breast cancers shows significant improvement in survival
A new treatment approach significantly improves survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancers, according to Cambridge researchers. It is rare to have a 100% survival rate in a study like this and for these aggressive types of cancer Jean Abraham In a trial where cancers were treated with chemotherapy followed by a targeted cancer drug before surgery, 100% of patients survived the critical three-year period post-surgery.

Pharmacology - Health - 13.05.2025
Anthony Chalmers to co-lead new arm of international glioblastoma trial

Health - Pharmacology - 12.05.2025
Availability of community pharmacies declining in deprived areas
People living in more deprived areas with worse health outcomes were 65% more likely to lose their local pharmacy than those in wealthier areas, according to research published today.

Health - Pharmacology - 07.05.2025
Removing ovaries and fallopian tubes linked to lower risk of early death among certain breast cancer patients
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this dramatically reduces their risk of ovarian cancer. Now, Cambridge researchers have shown that this procedure - known as bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) - is associated with a substantial reduction in the risk of early death among these women, without any serious side-effects.

Health - Pharmacology - 07.05.2025
AI partnership with California children’s hospital set to transform patient care

Health - Pharmacology - 07.05.2025
GMC approves physician associate course at The University of Manchester
GMC approves physician associate course at The University of Manchester

Innovation - Pharmacology - 07.05.2025
Groundbreaking device instantly detects dangerous street drugs, offering hope for harm reduction
Groundbreaking device instantly detects dangerous street drugs, offering hope for harm reduction
A portable device that detects illicit street drugs on the spot and at very low concentrations, highlighting the dangers they pose, has been developed at Bath.

Health - Pharmacology - 05.05.2025
Imperial and Apollo developing potential treatment for pulmonary hypertension

Health - Pharmacology - 04.05.2025
New treatment combination for rectal cancer patients offers improved rates of remission
A new trial of patients with advanced rectal cancer has found that the addition of immunotherapy treatment alongside extended radiotherapy led to better rates of remission.
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