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UCLH and UCL researchers are to investigate the best time to give blood thinning medicines to patients who have had a stroke linked to a type of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (AF) – in order to help more people avoid a second stroke.
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Researchers at UCL Centre for Obesity Research, led by Professor Rachel Batterham, are using brain imaging to gain a greater understanding of how the brain controls taste and appetite with the aim of developing novel approaches to treat obesity, which now affects one in four adults in the UK.
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UCLH and UCL clinician scientist Professor Charlie Swanton has won a European award for translational research – the process of taking innovations in scientific research and turning them into treatments and therapies which benefit patients
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A clinical trial to investigate a novel CAR T-cell therapy developed at UCL Cancer Institute - which is designed to target cancer cells more quickly and cause less side effects - has shown very promising results for children with previously incurable acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).