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Access to early advice and representation must be treated as part of the civil justice system rather than as a separate issue, a UCL lawyer says in a landmark report.

Senior leaders from higher education, government and industry gathered at an event highlighting London's strengths in education, research and innovation held at UCL.

A UCL and UCLH-led clinical trial of a new Alzheimer’s disease medication has shown encouraging results in slowing cognitive decline and reducing the brain protein tau, the researchers report at a major international conference.

Early results from a UCL and UCLH-led clinical trial suggest that a type of CAR T-cell therapy - developed by Autolus Therapeutics, a UCL spinout - could offer a new treatment approach for people with severe, treatment-resistant lupus.

Many people with breast cancer can safely avoid chemotherapy with the use of a gene test, potentially sparing them from unnecessary side effects without increasing the risk of the cancer returning, a large international clinical trial led by UCL has found.

A space mission proposed and co-led by UCL researchers, which will image the edge of Earth’s magnetic bubble for the first time, was launched today from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

Three UCL academics have been appointed as Fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

Professor Marika Taylor, an internationally recognised theoretical physicist, has been appointed Executive Dean of UCL’s Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MAPS).

Multi award-winning architect and academic, Professor Yeoryia Manolopoulou, has been appointed as the new Director of the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.