UCL in the media
Should the UK introduce compulsory vaccination?
Dr Helen Bedford (UCL Institute of Child Health) writes that sustained work at a local level, rather than compulsory immunisation, is the best means of increasing vaccine uptake and achieving herd immunity.
Francis Galton, Flinders Petrie, and the dangers of hubris
Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) reviews new book The Archaeology of Race: the Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie by Debbie Challis (UCL Petrie Museum).
Caldicott 2 and patient data
Dr Paul Taylor (UCL Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education) writes about the updated Information Governance Review.
Trachea Transplants Test the Limits
Professor Martin Birchall (UCL Ear Institute) comments on bioengineered trachea transplants.
John Dickie: A raid at a mafia boss' villa uncovered a copy of my book
Professor John Dickie (UCL Italian) comments on a BBC documentary he presents about the Italian Mafia: "The mafia take their history very seriously. They've all got myths of how they were legends founded in the middle ages by Spanish knights."Ìý
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Hair
"Hair can be very inconvenient as it floats around your head in zero gravity," said Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Physics).
A Sense of Where You Are
Professor John O'Keefe (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) comments on grid cells.
/International Herald Tribune (no link)Tobacco display ban in Scotland
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on a ban on the display of cigarettes and other tobacco products in large shops in Scotland.
Cyber Terrorism
"This isn't like any other problem because the cyberspace, the internet and digital communications are transnational," said Lord Reid (UCL Institute for Security & Resilience Studies).
Sperm donor quizzed over 'sex assaults'
Professor Gennadij Raivich (UCL Maternal & Fetal Medicine) was quizzed by police after complaints by three women in their 20s.