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Professor Graham Rook (UCL Infection & Immunity) comments on the microbiome and its interaction with the body's immune system.
Read: BBC NewsCarbon emissions from global shipping to be halved by 2050, says IMO
Dr Tristan Smith (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) comments on a major new international agreement and a new commitment to cut carbon emissions from the global shipping industry by at least half by 2050.
Read: IndependentLearn Mandarin to get ahead, UK students told
Katharine Carruthers (UCL Institute of Education) comments on a survey showing that young people achieving high levels of fluency in Chinese will be in demand in the job market.
Read: China DailyLords warn of 'big five' data grabs and ethical failures in AI report
Michael Veale (UCL Science, Technology, Engineering & Public Policy) comments on the new House of Lords report into the use and development of AI in the UK.
Read: WiredBreakthrough CRISPR gene editing trial set to begin this year
Dr Helen O'Neill (UCL Institute for Women's Health) comments on recent successes in CRISPR based genome editing.
Read: Newsweek'Academically' educated 'show higher support for British values'
Dr Jan Germen Janmaat (UCL Institute of Education) has led a paper focused on whether education is effective in promoting 'fundamental British values'.
Read: THE (£)Nasa to launch Tess on hunt for 20,000 new worlds
Professor Giovanna Tinetti (UCL Physics & Astronomy) explains how Tess will help give space scientists access to exoplanets.
Read: Guardian, More: BBC NewsYoung people deserve free bus passes
A policy idea by Professor Henrietta Moore's (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) is discussed in the context of a proposed new Labour policy, providing free bus passes for under-25s.
Read: Guardian'Killer' kidney cancers identified by studying their evolution
A series of new studies co-led by Professor Charles Swanton (UCL Cancer Institute) have revealed there are three distinct types of kidney cancer, which could enable clinicians to earlier identify if the cancer will become aggressive, and help guide treatment decisions.
Read: Mail Online, More: Forbes, Express, UCL NewsAlfie Evans
Professor Maria Fitzgerald (UCL Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology) comments on the capacity of the skin to trigger reflex movements in the context of the Alfie Evans case.
Read: Daily Mail