BRC News

UCLH is to test two drugs to see if it’s possible to prevent Alzheimer’s disease from developing in at-risk people. Image courtesy of Wellcome Images

Three UCL researchers supported by our biomedical research centre and biomedical research unit have been awarded National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding to study groups of patients with rare neuromuscular and neurodegenerative diseases, with the aim of developing new treatments for patients.

Our BRC is repeating its popular one-day workshop for researchers on patient and public involvement (PPI) in biomedical research.

UCLH will participate in a trial to investigate a drug which could offer hope to brain haemorrhage stroke survivors.  

Involvement4Access, the project that aims to promote the role of patient research ambassadors in local NHS services, has a new interim website.

A UK-based biotechnology company are seeking investigators in the field of cancer to run a fourth trial project for Nevasic, a product that uses specially constructed audio signals to generate an antiemetic reaction.

Antibiotic resistance has been selected as the focus for a £10m prize set up to tackle a major challenge of our time.

The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) North Thames has extended the deadline to apply for one of its PhD studentships.

According to new figures released this week death rates for four cancers which account for half of all cancer deaths in the UK have fallen by almost a third since the early 1990s. Image courtesy of Wellcome Images

Applying a computer algorithm to classify epileptic activity provides critical and reliable information related to localising seizure origin in patients with severe epilepsy beyond that provided by previous approaches, according to a study published in Neuroimage.

A new, less invasive way for treating cystic tumours of the pancreas using electrical current is being developed by UCL and UCLH researchers.

Congratulations to BRC-supported Professor Rachel McKendry, whose outstanding achievements have been recognised by The Royal Society in this year’s awards and prizes announcement.

Stroke care needs to be centralised in large specialist units in a radical shake-up of hospitals, according to research led by UCL.

The UCLH Research Gateway has been featured in a Guardian online article about improving the communication of research to patients and the public.

Researchers have called for changes to the way the functions of the brain are mapped in stroke-affected patients.