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The study published in Nature Cell Biology found that an increase in hydrostatic pressure sensed by the embryo can hinder the healthy development of facial features in mouse and frog embryos and in human embryoids (cell structures grown in…

The LifeArc Translational Centres for Rare Diseases (including the LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Diseases, LifeArc Centre for Rare Kidney Diseases, LifeArc Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases and the LifeArc Centre for Acceleration…

MotionInput was initially developed by Professor Dean Mohamedally, alongside colleagues and students from UCL Computer Science in 2020 as a means of supporting NHS frontline staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, it has gone…

The Concordat for Environmental Sustainability, developed by the UK research and innovation sector, is a pledge to embed sustainability into an organisation’s approach to research. It covers six key areas such as maintaining transparency…

Speaking about the NHS’s strengths, he said two of its principal strengths were its “central equitable principle” – that when you fall ill you should never have to worry about the bill – and its staff, from the porter to the life-saving…

Writing in the journal Science, researchers from across the UK have highlighted how disposable vape sales quadrupled in the country between 2022 and 2023, with consumers now throwing away around five million devices each week. In the…

Professor Darren Hargrave, who is a researcher at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), was the Chair of the TADPOLE-G trial steering group, alongside…

The study, commissioned and published by UNESCO, examined stereotyping in Large Language Models (LLMs). These natural language processing tools underpin popular generative AI platforms, including Open AI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-2 and META’s Llama…

The Tommy’s National Centre for Preterm Birth Research, which also involves Imperial College London, King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Leeds, aims to reduce the number of babies born prematurely in…

The study, published in Gut, found that the carbon beads, licensed to UCL-spinout Yaqrit, were effective in restoring gut health and had a positive impact on liver, kidney and brain function in rats and mice. They were also found to be safe…