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Innovative immunotherapy trial opens for newly-diagnosed glioblastoma patients

A UCL-sponsored clinical trial for patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, has opened at UCLH's National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Clinical Research Facility, in memory of Baroness Margaret McDonagh.

24 Jul 2025

New insights into social factors shaping mental health outcomes

Mental illnesses are thought to be caused by both biological and environmental factors in complex interaction.

22 Jul 2025

New data confirms efficacy of mitochondrial donation in preventing disease

The UK's pioneering licensed IVF technique to reduce the risk of mitochondrial diseases carried out in Newcastle has seen eight babies born, published research shows.

17 Jul 2025

New research offers hope to preserve vision in autosomal dominant optic atrophy

Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common genetic optic neuropathy, is an insidious disease. It often presents slowly during childhood by way of blurry vision, trouble reading or focusing, and sometimes only as a failed vision test.

16 Jul 2025

UK Biobank completes world's largest whole-body imaging project

In a remarkable achievement that is already impacting how we detect and diagnose disease, UK Biobank has completed the world's largest whole body imaging project, scanning the brains, hearts, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of 100,000 volunteers.

16 Jul 2025

Virtual eye clinics in shopping centers cut waiting times for routine appointments

Innovative virtual eye clinics in shopping centres could significantly reduce waiting times for routine eye appointments, UCL-led research suggests in a first-of-its-kind study.

15 Jul 2025

Trained dogs accurately detect Parkinson's disease from skin swabs

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) have an odor that can be reliably detected from skin swabs by trained dogs, a new study has shown.

15 Jul 2025

Research reveals high mortality risk for mothers involved with children’s social care

A third of women who died during or in the year after pregnancy were known to Children's Social Care – higher than previously reported, new research reveals.

11 Jul 2025

New study maps cellular fingerprints driving childhood arthritis

A new groundbreaking study by researchers from University of Birmingham, UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital has revealed important clues into what is driving disease in children with arthritis.

2 Jul 2025

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.

In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of the vaccine's two doses.

30 Jun 2025

Bedfont® Scientific Limited joins IFE Group to support young people’s mental health

Bedfont® Scientific Limited, a local medical breath analysis device manufacturer, is thrilled to announce its sponsorship and participation in a local charity golf day hosted by IFE Group, raising vital funds for Young Minds, a leading UK charity dedicated to fighting for the mental health of children and young people.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 26 Jun 2025

New DNA test predicts chemotherapy resistance in cancer patients

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) and Cambridge-based startup Tailor Bio, have created a test which can successfully predict whether cancer will resist common forms of chemotherapy treatment.

23 Jun 2025

Interferon pathway genes linked to treatment success in juvenile arthritis

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.

18 Jun 2025

Gene therapy shows long-term success in hemophilia B patients

A gene transfer approach to treating the bleeding disorder hemophilia B remains safe and effective long-term, as scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and University College London today report thirteen years of follow-up data.

12 Jun 2025

‘One big beautiful bill’ would batter rural hospital finances, researchers say

Cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs proposed in President Donald Trump's budget plan would rapidly push more than 300 financially struggling rural hospitals toward a fiscal cliff, according to researchers who track the facilities' finances.

12 Jun 2025

Bedfont® Scientific Limited kicks-off in charity football match supporting local food education charity, Communigrow

Bedfont® Scientific Limited, a local MedTech company with over 48 years of knowledge and expertise in designing and manufacturing medical breath analysis devices, is proud to participate in a charity football match on Saturday, 14th June, to raise funds for Communigrow, a sustainable food education charity based in East Malling.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 12 Jun 2025

AI model detects brain tumors with high precision using epigenetic fingerprints

The MRI image shows a brain tumor in an inauspicious location, – and a brain biopsy will entail high risks for the patient, who had consulted us due to double vision.

6 Jun 2025

DANTE trial reveals promising outcomes for shortened immunotherapy in advanced melanoma

Reducing the length of immunotherapy treatment for an advanced skin cancer did not significantly diminish disease control when compared to giving treatments over a longer period, according to breakthrough research led by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

5 Jun 2025

Whole-class mental health sessions in schools help reduce depression and anxiety

Whole-class mental health sessions in schools have a small but significant effect in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms, according to new analysis led by researchers at UCL (University College London) and Anna Freud.

3 Jun 2025

Ballad Health’s hospital monopoly underperformed. Then Tennessee lowered the bar.

Despite years of patient complaints and quality-of-care concerns, Ballad Health — the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly — will now be held to a lower standard by the Tennessee government, and state data that holds the monopoly accountable will be kept from the public for two years.