Transforming healthcare through research
Research plays a vital role in shaping and improving clinical practice, leading to better outcomes for patients. UCL researchers strive to unravel the complexities of diseases, develop new treatment approaches, and enhance existing healthcare practices.
A patient with relapsed T-cell leukaemia has been given base-edited T-cells in a world-first use of a base-edited cell therapy, in a ‘bench-to-bedside’ collaboration between UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).
A clinical trial of a personalised therapy for blood cancer, led by researchers at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and UCLH, has been expanded enabling new groups of patients with a wider range of blood cancers to now receive the treatment.
Three men who had heart failure caused by the build-up of sticky, toxic proteins are now free of symptoms after their condition spontaneously reversed in an unprecedented case described by a team at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and the Royal Free Hospital.
Obesity: England’s most pressing healthcare challenge?
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Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges facing the UK. In this documentary, Dr Rachel Batterham OBE meets leading experts and patients to consider what needs to be done to take meaningful action on this complex problem.
Seeing is believing: The transformation of prostate cancer management
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Professor Mark Emberton, Professor of Intervention Oncology and Dean, UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences, provides an insightful presentation reflecting on the transformation of prostate cancer management within the last 10 years.
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In the news
Find all the latest newsÌýaboutÌýUCL'sÌýworld-leading researchers, whose innovations and discoveries are positively impacting lives around the world every day.
Her Majesty The Queen visitsÌýpioneering scientists at 911±¬ÁÏÍø's Institute of Immunity and Transplantation,Ìýwho are at the forefront of research aimed at finding a cure for type 1 diabetes.
Drawing from his new book 'Ultra-Processed People,'ÌýDr Chris Van Tulleken (UCL Infection & Immunity) highlights the health concerns associated with a diet containing too many Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs).
In this BBC bite-sized masterclass, Tom Carlson, Professor of Assistive RoboticsÌýexplores the rapidly expanding world of brain-machine interfaces.
Training the next generation
UCL's is a global leader in research and education. Our scientific community is dedicated to discovering new techniques in disease detection and treatment that can make a real different to the lives ofÌýpatients.Ìý
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Developing CAR T immunotherapy to treat glioblastoma
PhD student, Morgan Palton, talksÌýabout herÌýimmunotherapy research and the UCL CAR T programme at 911±¬ÁÏÍø, plusÌýher experiences studying ourÌýCancer MSc course.Ìý
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New approaches to understanding and treating brain tumours
Dr Lucy Brooks Ìýis researching radioresistance inÌýglioblastoma -ÌýÌýlooking at how to manipulate tumour cells to make them more responsive to treatment.Ìý
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