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Microplastics have been mapped deep within the tissue of living organisms in fine detail for the first time, in a new study led by UCL researchers.

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.

Hitting children (often referred to as smacking) by parents or caregivers as a form of punishment is linked to behavioural problems and worse exam results and should be prohibited in England and Northern Ireland as soon as possible, UCL researchers say.

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.

Patients with a specific bowel cancer who were given short-course immunotherapy before surgery, instead of post-op chemotherapy, remained cancer-free after nearly three years of follow-up, according to new results from the NEOPRISM-CRC trial led by UCL and UCLH.

Professor Helen Hailes and Dr Rachel Crespo-Otero (both UCL Chemistry) have been honoured by the Royal Society of Chemistry in recognition of their exceptional research advancing chemical sciences.

Congratulations to members of UCL’s community who have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for their outstanding contributions to education, Huntington’s disease, children's oral health and anti-doping in sport.

Professor Erin Schuman, who will take up her role as Director of the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in January, is one of four scientists to receive the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for 2026.