UCL in the media
'Transmittable Alzheimer's' concept raised
A study led by Professor John Collinge (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases) has found that patients treated with human growth hormone extracted from cadaver-sourced pituitary glands may be at risk of Alzheimer's Disease, as well as CJD, as they age.
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Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has said that more than 200,000 people in the UK are dying prematurely because of social inequalities that risk becoming entrenched.
Read: Independent, More: Times (£), Daily Mail, Telegraph, The Australian, Lancet, Independent (2)NHS 'cannot afford to ignore game-changing HIV drug'
The PROUD trial, led by Professor Sheena McCormack (MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL), has found that the use of the daily pill Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) cuts HIV infections by 86 per cent among gay men at high risk.
Read: Independent, More: Daily Mail, MetroAutopsies reveal signs of Alzheimer's in growth-hormone patients
Professor John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on the study regarding human transmission of amyloid-Beta, saying: "This is the first evidence of real-world transmission of amyloid pathology. It is potentially concerning".
Read: Nature, More: Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, The Week, Washington PostSummer-born children can delay school entry by a year
Professor Lorraine Dearden (UCL Institute of Education) discusses plans to allow summer born children to delay school entry by a year.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 2 hours 34 mins)Stone Age porridge
Dr Matthew Pope (UCL Archaeology) comments on new research which suggests that hunter gatherers ate oats as far back as 32,000 years ago.
Listen: BBC Radio Scotland 'Newsdrive' (from 56 mins 41 secs)The new cure for liver disease
A team from UCL and the Royal Free Hospital, led by Professor Rajiv Jalan (UCL Liver & Digestive Health), have invented a charcoal-like substance that soaks up deadly toxins that are released in liver disease.
Read: Daily Mail'Weekend effect' blamed for 11,000 extra deaths in hospital each year
A collaborative analysis by UCL and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trusts has found that patients admitted to hospital at the weekend are more likely to be sicker and have a higher risk of death, compared with those admitted during the week.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Mirror, Sky News, BMJ, UCL NewsWhy being good-looking makes you funnier
Speaking at this year's British Science Festival, Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Cognitive Neuroscience) said that the amount a couple laughs is not based upon the quality of humour, but rather how much they fancy each other.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Telegraph (2), The WeekRight of self-defence central to legal debate over Syria drone strike
Following a UK drone strike on the Syrian city of Raqqa, Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) examines David Cameron's justification of the strike.
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