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Young children who attend nursery get sick more often than those who don’t, but they will go on to have fewer illnesses during early school years, finds a new review of evidence by a group of parent-s...

Team REWIRE-CAN, led by Professor Bart Vanhaesebroeck of the UCL Cancer Institute, will receive up to $25m over approximately five years to take on the rewiring cancer cells challenge.

Today, UCL marks 200 years since its foundation. Based in the heart of London, UCL is rooted in curiosity, tolerance and academic excellence. Throughout the year we will celebrate two centuries of lea...

People prescribed the new generation of weight loss drugs may not receive sufficient nutritional guidance to support safe and sustainable weight loss, leaving them vulnerable to nutritional deficienci...

Dr Veeru Kasivisvanathan (UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science) has been awarded the prestigious Society of Apothecaries’ 2026 William Farr Medal in recognition of his research advancing p...

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of a widely-used eye injection to manage the previously untreatable rare condition, hypotony, in a project by clinical researchers at UCL and Moorfields Eye ...

Contrary to long-held assumptions, new UCL-led research shows people with both hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV can maintain strong immune responses to hepatitis B when it is treated with antivirals.

Research led by Professor David Lomas & Dr James Irving has mapped the structure of abnormal protein chains that cause liver and lung disease in people with antitrypsin deficiency.

Intensive treatment of severe gum disease can help prevent arteries from becoming clogged, supporting heart health and reducing the long-term risk of developing cardiovascular diseases such as coronar...

Discover our Master’s degrees in Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences and Medical Engineering.

UCL Grand Challenges has launched the Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology Impact Report, celebrating almost a decade of pioneering research and collaboration exploring how innovation and tech...

A new drug combination could significantly delay the progression of a life-threatening form of prostate cancer in men with specific genetic mutations, finds a major international trial led by UCL rese...

Dimitrios Anastasiou has been appointed Professor of Metabolic Systems and Science Lead at UCL’s Institute for Liver & Digestive Health (ILDH).

For students embarking on their research career Applications for 2026 PhD studentships are open! Applications are open! The PhD programme PhD students, funded by the CoL Centre, will follow th...

As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers and interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s...

The pair may have gone cold on the UK but start-ups and university spinouts here are using AI to revolutionise drug discovery

Testing the molecular profile of tumours identifies which patients with advanced prostate cancer are more likely to benefit from chemotherapy and live longer, sparing patients less likely to benefit f...

Blocking brain damage triggered by a glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, may slow the growth of the cancer and allow the brain to keep working better for longer, according to a new study led by ...

When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that reducing processing could help to sus...

Two new studies of former rugby players, involving UCL researchers, found no cases of early-onset dementia but did find potential signs of increased risk of developing dementia later on.

An image created by UCL scientists, which reveals unlabelled microplastics in the body of a live animal for the first time, was one of the Top 25 selections for this year’s Prize and will now form par...

The key to sticking to and reaping the rewards of exercise over the long term may be as simple as doing something you enjoy, say the authors of a new study from UCL.