Cell & Gene Therapy: Ethical Debates Unpacked
The Role of UCL’s Cell and Gene Therapy Experts in Shaping the Field’s Future. By Nhi Pham and Nidhi Rege
UCL Science Magazine
Fighting Viral Evolution in Real Time
The difficulty in fighting viral pandemics lies in the ability of these entities to evolve solutions to everything we throw at them. But what if we had a tool to predict what they were going to evolve before they did? By Tom Dubois.
The Power of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems
The same way that bacteria protect their genetic material and cope with stress is now used in a broad range of emerging applications in synthetic biology. By Oscar Blackwell
The Babies Born with Cobalt in their Veins: How The Cobalt Mining Crisis is Impacting Congolese Children
Cobalt mining on the African Copperbelt is a well known human rights crisis for many reasons. A new study on foetal blood shows its health effects may now materialise in Congolese infants before they are even born. By Charlotte Leeds.
Smokeless Lives
Will banning future generations from smoking prevent future hospitalisations? By Altay Shaw
Antibiotic resistance: The Gordian knot of the 21st Century
Since the 20th century, the issue of antimicrobial resistance has developed into a gordian knot of gargantuan proportions. This has inspired research into treatments from other medical fields in hopes of minimising the consequences of antibiotic resistance. By James Lau Yi Wei
Joule in the Crown
The intricacies of Formula 1’s fuel flow systems and how exceptional design has to break some regulations. By Matthew Hoult.