UCL in the media
Getting tested for the Alzheimer's risk gene APOE4
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) breaks down what APOE4 is and how you can get tested for it.
'We are creating new crops five-times faster'
“The effectiveness of AI in ensuring food security also depends on addressing challenges such as data quality, technology accessibility”: Professor Kate Jones (UCL Biosciences) comments on the use of AI in agriculture.
Undemocratic, anachronistic, fantastic. How the City survives
Professor Peter Rees (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) said: “If people say to me, ‘Oh, you know, Covid’s finished the City’, I say, ‘This is a City that survived the Romans, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Blitz, Big Bang and the banking crash.’
Doctors reveal how antidepressants can permanently destroy your sex life
Professor Joanna Moncrieff (UCL Psychiatry) said: ‘People’s sexuality is impaired by drugs that interfere with the brain chemical serotonin. This is why antidepressants have been trialled for premature ejaculation and why they are given to sex offenders to reduce their sex drive.
Brain regions that bias the brain’s response to pleasure in bipolar disorder identified
Momentary shifts in mood, even those lasting just a matter of seconds, profoundly alter the brain’s response to pleasurable experiences in people with bipolar disorder, finds a new study by Dr Liam Mason and Dr Hestia Moningka (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
New blood test could prevent sudden child deaths caused by heart condition
A new blood test that could identify children with a potentially fatal heart condition has been developed by Professor Juan Pablo Kaski (UCL Cardiovascular Science) and Professor Kevin Mills (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health).
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Links between social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts in adolescents discovered
Adolescents who experience higher levels of social anxiety symptoms are more likely to report increased suicidal thoughts and other depressive symptoms two years later, finds a new study involving Professor Argyris Stringaris (UCL Psychiatry).
Menopause: Are attitudes changing?
Professor Joyce Harper (UCL Institute for Women's Health) joins Newsnight host Kirsty Wark to discuss issues surrounding the menopause and how we can better prepare women for the process globally.
Why many lung cancer patients who have never smoked have worse outcomes
The reason why targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer fails to work for some patients, particularly those who have never smoked, has been discovered by Professor Charles Swanton and Dr Crispin Hiley (UCL Cancer Institute).
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The 10 health benefits of giving up alcohol
Dr Linda Ng Fat (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) said: “This suggests that the longer adults engage in heavy drinking the larger their waistline in older age. That is why it is beneficial, along with other health benefits, that adults reduce heavy drinking earlier".