UCL in the media
Long Covid might affect nervous system
Dr Athena Akrami (UCL Sainsbury Wellcome Centre) said that the wide range of persistant long Covid symptoms “may point to larger neurological issues involving both the central and peripheral nervous system.”
Covid cases likely to rise sharply in winter
“Current estimates suggests the daily deaths next winter will be comparable with last winter (peaking at about 200 per day). On one view, this is unacceptably high and a lamentable way of ‘living with COVID,’” said Professor Karl Friston (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).
Comatose teen Archie Battersbee unable to recover
“Archie does not have a rare disease where one country has access to a cure and others do not. He has brain damage from asphyxia/hypoxia and there is no known antidote to that in such a severe case,” said Professor Alastair Sutcliffe (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health).
UK Police considering using genealogy DNA databases for unsolved cases
Dr Debbie Kennett (UCL Biosciences) said the technique may not be as effective as in the US because there are fewer unsolved cases in the UK, and a smaller national DNA database, but “Even if it was used on those small number of cases, they could potentially be solved.”
Why boys are more likely to be excluded from school
Dr Amelia Roberts (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society) explains how boys and girls differ in how they process unhappiness, and how that leads to behaviours that more often get them permanently excluded from school.
Research funding for hard-to-treat cancer
Dr Martin Pule (UCL Cancer Institute) received a grant from the Cancer Grand Challenges program, funded by the National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research UK and the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, to study hard-to-treat childhood tumours.
TFL junk food advertising ban is effective
"There is a body of information that links advertising to purchasing and eating of food. From there the impact on calorie consumption, its effect on body weight and health outcomes, is pretty predictable,” said Dr Oliver Mytton (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health).
Virtual reality in the operating room
PhD Student Endrit Pajaziti (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) helped build the virtual reality surgical device that brought doctors from London together virtually with surgeons in Rio de Janeiro to assist with a complex surgery separating conjoined twins.
Comatose teenager’s condition is untreatable
“Statements about ‘treatment’ in other countries would be implausible – if it is a reference to more of the same (more life support), then that would be possible although in all probability at ongoing cost,” said Professor Alastair Sutcliffe (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health).
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The religious significance of the Maya ball game Pok-ta-Pok
"The Maya ball game and its associated ball courts have been symbolically linked to the movement of celestial bodies, especially the sun and moon, which are related to seasonal agricultural fertility,” said Dr Diane Davies (UCL Archaeology).