UCL in the media
The formula for a good New Year's Eve
Dr Robb Rutledge (UCL Institute of Neurology) discusses his research into the links between expectations and happiness.
Read: Daily MailHow Peru cut its poverty rate in half in ten years
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) discusses the relative merits of poverty reduction policies employed by the government of Peru.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Compass'Near Mexico City, Cable Car Lets Commuters Glide Over Traffic
Professor Julio Davila (UCL Development Planning Unit) comments on how a cable car is connecting residents of poor neighbourhoods with the economic life of Mexico City.
Read: New York TimesVesna Vulovic, Flight Attendant Who Survived Jetliner Blast, Dies at 66
Dr Eric Gordy (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) comments on the life of Vesna Vulovic.
Read: New York TimesHow scientists in Britain are deciding the future of humanity
Professor Waseem Qasim (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) has developed a gene-editing technique to engineer white blood cells to recognise cancer cells. His method has been used to help cure a baby girl of leukaemia.
Read: NewsweekSyrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon face an uncertain 2017
Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (UCL Geography) writes about tightening border controls and other challenges facing Syrian refugees in the Middle East.
Read: The ConversationWhy humans develop sex cells as embryos - but corals don't
Drive to preserve mitochondrial quality might explain why organisms develop sex cells at different stages of development say Arunas Radzvilavicius, Dr Nick Lane and Professor Andrew Pomiankowski (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment and UCL CoMPLEX).
Read: Nature, More: UCL News, BBC Radio 4 'BBC Inside Science' (from 10 mins)Light therapy effectively treats early prostate cancer
A new non-surgical treatment for low-risk prostate cancer effectively kills cancer cells while preserving healthy tissue, reports a new phase III clinical trial in 413 patients led by Professor Mark Emberton, Dean of UCL Medical Sciences.
Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1h 15mins), More: Guardian, Times (£), Telegraph, Independent, Sun, ITV, Express, Reuters, UCL News, BBC Radio 2 'Chris Evans Breakfast Show' (from 2hrs 3mins), BBC Radio 5 Live 'Breakfast' (from 55mins 29secs), BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science'Gene discovery helps children with movement disorder walk again
A team led by Dr Manju Kurian (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) has discovered a new genetic cause for a movement disorder, allowing a treatment to be developed that enables children to walk again.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, UCL News'Pregnancy fluid' reverses ageing bones
Cells in the amniotic fluid that surrounds a developing baby can revive ageing and weak bones according to new UCL research led by Dr Pascale Guillot (UCL Institute for Women's Health).
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