UCL in the media
The questions politicians aren't asking publicly
With the NHS under increasing financial pressure, Michael Jacobs (UCL Political Science) asks whether politicians are willing to look at the question of raising taxes for the NHS.
The trouble with miracles
Professor Julio Davila (UCL Development Planning Unit) comments on the transformation of MedellÃn, Colombia and outlines some of the steps it will need to take to ensure continuing success.
How faith healers cash in with 'dark age' remedies
Professor Michael Baum (UCL Research Department of General Surgery) says that treatments from faith healers are "based on concepts that go back to the Dark Ages and haveÌýno place in the 21st Century".
Nitrogen: The bringer of life and death
ProfessorÌýAndrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains the explosive nature of nitrogen.
Sat-navs dull the mind: Brain is less active when we blindly follow directions
Work led by Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Behavioural Neuroscience) finds that how we navigate from A to B is controlled by two brain regions which track the distance to our destination.
, , ,Can a trigger-happy immune system cause cancer after viral infection?
Research led by Dr Tim Fenton (UCL Cancer Institute) finds that cancers that develop after HPV infection are caused by a family of genes that normally combat viral infections.
, More: »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËewsI went to a laser pain lab and got experimented on for science
A new study by Dr Giandomenico Iannetti and Dr Flavia Mancini (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËeuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology) shows how our ability to identify where it hurts varies across the body. Dr Roman Cregg (UCL Centre for Anaesthesia) comments on the clinical implications for chronic pain.
, , , »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËewsFasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments on the findings of a study into the effects of fasting on the immune system.
, ,Want to ward off allergies?
Picking food up off the floor, keeping a dog and regularly kissing your relatives are some of the best ways to ward off allergies, according to Professor Graham Rook (UCL Research Department of Infection) in his talk at Cheltenham Science Festival.
,New drugs may help patients to cure themselves
Dr Sergio Quezada (UCL Research Department of Haematology) comments the possibilities of new immunotherapy treatments for cancer which use the body's own immune system.
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