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A landmark study, involving UCL researchers including Prof Henry Houlden & Dr Heba Morsy @uclqsion.bsky.social, has found 69 previously unidentified genetic determinants of rare disease, including uncommon forms of epilepsy and schizophrenia www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Our organs age at different rates, and a blood test determining how much they’ve aged could predict the risk of conditions like lung cancer and heart disease decades later, finds a new study led by Prof Mika Kivimaki @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @whitehall2study.bsky.social

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The issue of drug-related corruption in Mexico has less to do with its own government and more to do with American society’s insatiable demand for drugs, argues Dr Nathaniel Morris @uclhistory.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com. theconversation.com/mexicos-drug...

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Enhancing levels of ‘healthy fats’ like omega-3s in the brain could be beneficial in motor neurone disease (MND), finds a new study in fruit flies and brain cells led by Professor @adrianisaacs.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social @ukdri.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Nearly 700 care homes have joined a network co-led by Professor Laura Shallcross @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social linking care home and NHS data at scale for the first time to reduce infections and improve residents' lives. Funded by @nihr.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/health/...

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A team of researchers including Prof Helen Cross & Drs @mathrip.bsky.social & @sophieadlerwagstyl.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social has developed an AI tool that can detect 64% of brain abnormalities associated with epilepsy that were missed by human radiologists www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Hundreds more birth defects could be prevented each year if the UK Government expanded its policy of fortifying non-wholemeal flour with folic acid, say researchers including Prof Sir Nicholas Wald @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social. Report by @hannagsslr.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/life-style/h...

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A new service aimed at supporting older people who are starting to become frail could reduce emergency hospital admissions by more than a third and save the NHS money, finds a new study led by Professor Kate Walters @ucliehc.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Four young children have gained life-changing improvements in sight following treatment with a pioneering new genetic medicine developed by UCL researchers, co-led by Profs James Bainbridge, Michel Michaelides and Robin Ali @ucleye.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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🖋️"Trump’s tariff strategy will create havoc. This will bring opportunities as well as challenges." Writing in The Conversation, Dr Lukasz Rachel @uclpolicylab.bsky.social examines how President Trump's tariffs policies might impact the US economy. theconversation.com/will-trumps-...

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We welcomed Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to our UCL East campus where she saw some of the groundbreaking UCL research in action in areas ranging from ecology and AI to robotics, healthcare and hydrogen technology. 🔗 Learn more about Her Royal Highness’s visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Safety critical components for aircraft and Formula 1 cars could one day be 3D printed via a new technique that substantially reduces imperfections, developed by a team led by Prof Peter Lee @uclengineering.bsky.social & Prof Andrew Kao @ucugreenwich.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence & UCL Economics Prof Christian Dustmann joined speakers including Narendra Modi at The Times Group ET NOW Global Business Summit in India. Dr Spence highlighted the key role universities play in driving innovation & growth www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Irish poet Ciara Broderick will be the @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social UCL 2025 European Literary Map of London Writer in Residence. Galway-based Broderick will spend her residency at @ucl.ac.uk writing and engaging with staff & students and attending events. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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A new psychological therapy designed by researchers including Profs @pfonagy.bsky.social & Anthony Bateman & Dr Elizabeth Allison @uclpals.bsky.social has been found to reduce rates of violence and aggression among male offenders with antisocial personality disorder www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better survival rate, finds a new study led by Prof Nicky McGranahan & Dr Bobby Bentham from @ucl.ac.uk Cancer Institute www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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A new remotely delivered support programme for patients with dementia could provide excellent care while saving the NHS and social care services an average of £9,000 per person each year, finds a new study involving Prof Rachael Hunter @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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🎖️Congratulations to UCL’s Professor Mary Reilly @uclqsion.bsky.social, a globally renowned and award-winning clinical neurologist, who has been awarded an honorary MBE for her services to medicine. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Euclid, the @esa.int telescope whose massive optical camera was designed and built by an international team led by UCL researchers, has captured a rare phenomenon known as an Einstein ring which reveals the extreme warping of space caused by a galaxy’s gravity www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Historical inhabitants of the region that is now Ukraine have had diverse European, Asian and Middle Eastern ancestry for thousands of years, finds an analysis of ancient DNA co-led by Prof Mark Thomas @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @ugiatucl.bsky.social with @crick.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study by Dr Clare Stovell @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, Professor Alice Bradbury @ioe.bsky.social explores why there has been such an increase in schools running food banks, and the impact it has on children, parents and school staff. theconversation.com/when-youve-g...

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People would be encouraged to eat more healthy and sustainable diets if Value Added Tax (VAT) rates were set based on health and environmental considerations, finds a new study led by Professor Marco Springmann @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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An England-wide study of 58 million people co-led by Dr Johan Thygesen @johanthygesen.bsky.social and Prof Honghan Wu @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social has identified eight rare diseases that carry a much higher risk for Covid-19-related mortality www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Expressing scepticism about whether a recent study has really confirmed a new way to treat heart failure, Professor John Martin @uclmedsci.bsky.social writes about the challenges of translating animal trials into effective treatments for people. tinyurl.com/3fjxd6tf

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Temperamental stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study led by Dr Arianna Saba with Alexandra Thompson (both UCL Physics & Astronomy) analysing 20 years of Hubble data www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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The brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears have been identified by researchers co-led by Prof @sonjahofer.bsky.social @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social, in a study that could contribute to anxiety and PTSD treatments @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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🖋️"All schools should be given more freedom over the curriculum, and particularly over teaching methods." Professor @domwyse.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social calls for a recommended curriculum that schools are not bound by law to follow in The Conversation. tinyurl.com/5d6j4zu8

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A framework to improve social and emotional skills development, partly based on research by Profs Lynn Ang @ioe.bsky.social, Eamon McCrory & @pfonagy.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social, has been published by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Our mental health and wellbeing may be better in the morning and worst at midnight, suggests a large new study led by Dr Feifei Bu @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social. If replicated, the findings could inform future research and mental health support strategies www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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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 Professor Thomas Foltynie @uclqsion.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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Children are 71% more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of 5-18 if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity during their first 1,000 days, finds a new study led by Dr Shabeer Syed & Prof Ruth Gilbert @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...

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A quarter of all children in England receive services from children’s social care before turning 18, finds a new study led by Dr Matthew Jay @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social. Report by @cjayanetti.bsky.social in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Ventilation and air cleaners to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals may cause viral particles to move around more, according to a new study led by Prof Laurence Lovat @uclmedsci.bsky.social and Prof Andrea Ducci @uclengineering.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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People who exercise throughout their lives have a better chance of avoiding dementia – even if they show signs of diseases like Alzheimer’s, finds a new study led by Dr Sarah-Naomi James @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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Scientists are seeking to harness the potential of weight-loss drugs without some of the side-effects like nausea, in a new research project co-led by Prof Stefan Trapp @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, causing them to avoid restaurants and pay more attention to the number of calories in dishes, according to a study involving Dr @ntrompeter.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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UCL experts including President & Provost Dr Michael Spence & Professor Tali Sharot @uclpals.bsky.social joined government, academia & industry leaders from 125+ countries at #wef25 in Davos, Switzerland this month, discussing 'Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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Vertical farming continues to hold great promise as a way of growing crops in urban areas with limited land or reliable sunlight, while reducing emissions from transportation, Prof Gail Taylor, Dean of @ucllifesciences.bsky.social writes in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/five-reasons...

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New insights into how London taxi drivers—expert navigators with knowledge of 26,000 streets—plan their routes could inform the development of better navigation tools, reports a study co-led by Prof @hugospiers.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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In the largest genome-wide study of bipolar disorder to date, an international team involving @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social researchers has identified 298 regions of the genome containing DNA variations that increase risk for the disorder @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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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 PhD student Joel Heath and Professor Philip Mannion @es-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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A £10 million project involving Prof ‪Yoryos Lyratzopoulos and @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social colleagues, with funding from @cancerresearchuk.org, @nihr.bsky.social and EPSRC, will help identify individual cancer risk, aiding prevention, diagnosis and treatment www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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Adults who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be living shorter lives than they should, finds a world-first study led by Professor Josh Stott & Dr Elizabeth O'Nions @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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There was a 65% increase in the number of children and young people being admitted to general acute medical wards in hospitals in England because of a mental health concern between 2012 and 2022, finds a new study led by Dr Lee Hudson @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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A @ucl.ac.uk supported #edtech start up, Graffinity, has won a share of £1m Government funding to scale-up #AI solutions in education, as part of the DfE's AI Tools for #Education competition. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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One in 20 adults in England both smoke and vape, a figure that has risen sharply since 2021, with a growing proportion vaping more often than they smoke, finds a new study led by @drsarahejackson.bsky.social and Prof @jamiebrown.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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Anthropologists at UCL, led by Dr Alecia Carter, studied wild baboons in Namibia and found them unable to identify their own reflection in the mirror, suggesting they lacked the visual self-recognition needed to demonstrate full self-awareness www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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Last starlight for Gaia: the @esa.int space mission, which has revolutionised our view of the Milky Way and involves researchers at @ucl.ac.uk's Mullard Space Science Laboratory, has completed its sky-scanning phase, racking up more than three trillion observations www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

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A psychedelic drug, DMT, is being tested as a novel way to reduce problematic alcohol consumption, in an ongoing study led by Prof Ravi Das and Prof Jeremy Skipper @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social. Article by @hannahdevlin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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