Imagine a world in which you can think but cannot speak. For many stroke survivors this nightmare is a reality; this Sunday their story is told in an intensely moving and personal film about language and its loss.
The BRC spoke to Professor Rob Howard, Mental Health Theme Lead and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at UCL, on World Mental Health Day about better treatments for people with dementia and psychosis.
The first trial of an experimental treatment for liver cancer, using X-ray imageable microscopic beads loaded with a targeted anti-cancer drug placed directly in the liver, has begun.
The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network Oral and Dental Health Specialty has announced a new opportunity to identify future priorities relating to oral and dental health research.
UCL Business and AGA Nanotech Ltd have concluded a licensing agreement for use of TIPS microparticle technology in directing the controlled delivery of antimicrobial agents in the healthcare setting.
An investigational treatment that mimics a key clotting enzyme is effective, safe, and may one day eliminate the need for blood products for people with a life-threatening blood disease, according to a study published today.
The BRC spoke with Dr Jonathan Schott, consultant neurologist and dementia researcher from the UCL Institute of Neurology about detection, trends and the future for Alzheimer’s disease during World Alzheimer’s Month.
Researchers have found a potential way of preventing premature births by healing unwanted ruptures in the delicate membrane that surrounds a fetus in the womb.
A device implanted in one of the major blood vessels in the neck has been shown to significantly lower dangerously high blood pressure in a trial group of patients, according to research published in The Lancet.
A University College Hospital patient has been diagnosed with prostate cancer using a hyperpolarised MRI scan earlier this month, as part of a UCL trial looking to develop more accurate and personalised treatment for cancer.