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New research finds antidepressants may help deliver other drugs into the brain

Study finds that antidepressants control the permeability of cells in the blood-brain barrier, showing potential to improve the efficacy of drugs against...

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King's professor to lead Folger Shakespeare Library

Professor Farah Karim-Cooper from King’s Department of English has been named as the new director of the Folger Shakespeare Library and will be the first...

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Taking the contraceptive pill could contribute to scarring hair loss

The contraceptive pill could increase the risk of frontal fibrosing alopecia if a mutation in a specific gene is present

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Athena Swan Silver Award renewed for the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences

We are delighted to announce that the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences has been awarded the Athena SWAN Charter silver award following a...

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Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes

An amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue could be the key to limiting the side effects of chemotherapy.

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Professor Gail Gilchrist delivers her inaugural lecture at IoPPN

On Thursday 16 May 2024, Professor Gilchrist delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor in Addictions Healthcare Research at King’s IoPPN.

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King's supports trial for point-of-care machine that could diagnose heart attacks

King’s is supporting a trial to test and improve a point-of-care machine designed to measure a key biomarker used to diagnose heart attacks.

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Fighting Cancer with SMARTdrugs

King’s College London researchers are part of an international team working to develop SMARTdrugs, a radiotheranostic platform specifically designed for the...

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Registered nurses in adult social care

Nicole Steils and colleagues explore retention factors in new report

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Feeding infants peanut products protects against allergy into adolescence

Feeding children peanuts regularly from infancy to age five reduced the rate of peanut allergy in adolescence by 71%, even after many years when the children...

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King's biotech spinout Pheon Therapeutics Raises $120m to develop novel anticancer agents

The investment raised at the close of its Series B funding round will enable Pheon Therapeutics (Pheon) to take three new Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs),...

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Lord Stevens of Birmingham Kt appointed King's Chair of Council

Lord Simon Stevens has been appointed as the new Chair of the University’s Governing Council, succeeding Lord Geidt as he completes his third and final term....

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In Conversation with Professor Prashant Jha

Professor Prashant Jha is the Professor of MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Head of Affordable Medical Technologies at King’s, and has designed...

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2023-2024 King's Distinguished Alumni Award winners announced

Each year, members of our alumni community are nominated to receive a King’s Distinguished Alumni Award. This recognises their outstanding achievements since...

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King's boosts innovation plans by increasing equity stake for founders

King's increases academic founders' equity stake to 80% and introduces new incentives for innovation in revisions to the university's IP Code of Practice.

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