How A “Twisted DNA” Sensor Can Revolutionise Cancer Treatment Sensing of Z-nucleic acid by ZBP-1 constitutes an important line of innate immune defence, but could drugs targeting ZBP-1 signalling serve as a new and improved strategy for treating cancer? By Ziyue Kong. UCL Science Magazine • Biology
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Has ChatGPT Bid Farewell to Traditional Assessment Methods? ChatGPT has studied the entire internet and is now capable of forming complete and logically structured answers to many types of assessments. Will this technology change how students are tested in the future? By Saleh Bubshait. UCL Science Magazine • Technology
The Unknown Genome: A Message Lost in Translation Learning about your genome has been crucial now, more than ever. From population studies to precision diagnostics and experimental therapies, genomics is paving the way for modern medicine. Ground-breaking? Absolutely. Beneficial to us all? Perhaps not as much as we think so. By Nitish Aswani. UCL Science Magazine • Beyond
Tackling the Synthetic Cannabinoid Epidemic Currently, there are limited clinical treatment options to deal with cases of synthetic cannabinoid abuse. A novel approach utilising nanoparticle vaccines offers an unconventional solution, but not without challenges to its clinical application. By James Lau Yi Wei. UCL Science Magazine • Chemistry
Has He Got A Touch On It? How will the Al Rihla, with its tracking and data recording capabilities, change the modern game? By Ben Crawford. UCL Science Magazine • Physics
