BRC News

A UCH trainee who organised a successful event to engage patients in research has won an award for leadership in research.

The BRC has awarded over £1million in capital funding to teams across UCLH and UCL to drive forward research that will translate into improvements in patient care.

A research study by two UCLH psychologists finding that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can help in the management of tinnitus has been awarded a prize by the British Tinnitus Association.

Researchers have completed a clinical trial on multiple sclerosis (MS) in which 3 different drugs were tested at the same time instead of 1 by 1 by 1 – a world first in progressive neurological disease research.

UCLH clinicians and UCL computer scientists have got together at a sell-out UCLH/UCL workshop event to discuss challenges in healthcare ripe for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.

A team of researchers, clinicians and engineers from UCLH, UCL, King’s College London and the Epilepsy Society have developed a world-leading software system called EpiNav, which stands for epilepsy navigation, and their work is being featured on tonight's episode of the BBC’s Trust Me I’m a Doctor.

The first clinical trial of a completely novel and unprecedented approach to modifying the progression of Alzheimer's disease has opened at UCLH.

Researchers can now get career points for attending one of the BRC’s award-winning workshops on public and patient involvement in research.

Researchers have discovered that immune cells in the urine of patients with bladder cancer mirror immune cells in the tumour.

50 A-level students sponsored by the BRC have celebrated successfully completing summer lab placements at UCL at a special event in King’s Cross.

Researchers have shown a simple blood test can detect the earliest changes caused by Huntington’s disease, even before brain scans can pick up any signs. Researchers hope the test will help develop drugs and treatments to slow the incurable and fatal brain disorder.

Ground-breaking CAR T-cell therapy will be given to children with cancer in the NHS for the first time, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.

Researchers at UCL have identified a genetic variant which is linked to a slower progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Use of a single pill containing two drugs could transform management of high blood pressure, according to new guidelines.

The UCLH Cancer Collaborative started a pilot NHS surveillance service last week aimed at detecting early ovarian cancer in high risk women who have chosen not to have their ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.