BRC News

A series of drop-in research stalls will be positioned across UCLH and UCL on 20 May to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day. 

UCL has doubled its number of awards under the Athena SWAN scheme to improve the recruitment, promotion and retention of women in sciences.

An essential vitamin commonly known for processing fat and proteins in the body may hold the key to slowing the progression of Friedreich’s ataxia, according to findings published today in The Lancet.

The BRC is supporting a summer school of laboratory placements for promising ‘A’ level students from underprivileged backgrounds. The centre is now looking for researchers from UCLH/UCL and students to take part.

Read the latest edition of CRN Connect, the weekly news round-up for the NIHR Clinical Research Network here.

Doctors at UCLH have developed bespoke software that will allow them to rapidly review and document clinical decisions about large numbers of patients.

Director of UCL Advances and Director of UCL Enterprise Operations, Tim Barnes, has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion.

A new study has discovered the genetic faults at the core of kidney cancers which could be targeted with new treatments.

A UCL scientist is leading the effort to grow noses, ears and blood vessels in a laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells.

You can now find out what clinical research is happening at UCLH following the launch of an easy to use search engine.

A centre for groundbreaking research into cardiometabolic diseases was officially opened today at UCL by HRH The Princess Royal.

Over half of the newly awarded NIHR Senior Investigators announced this week are researchers from UCL, including many members of the BRC faculty.

Three BRC-funded projects are to take up laboratory space at the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst.

An international team of researchers have identified mutations in two genes linked to a rare cancer of the inner lining of blood vessels.

An international team of scientists have used the latest genetic sequencing techniques and big computation to give a glimpse of the future of personalised medicine. Image courtesy of morgue file