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Hormone patches are as good at controlling locally advanced prostate cancer as the injections typically used to deliver hormone therapy, according to the results of a large clinical trial led by UCL researchers.

A new, world-class centre for eye care, research, and education, opening in Camden in 2027 has been officially named the Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health.

The earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs, dating to about 15,800 years ago – more than 5,000 years earlier than previously thought – has been identified by a team of researchers including archaeologists from UCL.

Scientists from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital have created the first lab grown oesophagus - the food pipe - shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and restore normal function, including swallowing, in a growing animal without the need for immunosuppression.

Scientists have successfully reconstructed videos purely from the brain activity of mice, showing what the mice were seeing, in a new study led by UCL researchers.

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, helping them lead much healthier and happier lives, the findings of a UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital-led international clinical trial show.

Professor Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) has been announced as a new UNESCO Chair in Arts and Global Health.

Research into sociology, global competition law, education and urban planning has earned UCL academics election to The Academy of Social Sciences.

UCL’s Professor Francesco Muntoni has received the 2026 Novo Nordisk Prize for his pioneering research offering hope to children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.