Scientists at King's College London are embarking on a project to develop a network of state-of-the-art sensors capable of detecting hidden explosives. Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Bombdetection.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2013-05-19T16:37:52Z MR. Kyle Christie

The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Helen McCutcheon as its new Head of School. Professor McCutcheon currently holds the position of Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of South Australia.

2011-05-31T16:10:00Z 2011-05-31T16:09:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/SchoolofNursingMidwiferyannouncesnewHeadofSchool.aspx MISS Emma Reynolds

The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI), in which King's will be a partner, is to be re-named The Francis Crick Institute in honour of one of the UK's greatest scientists.

2011-05-25T08:38:00Z 2011-05-25T09:36:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/FrancisCrickInstitute.aspx Miss Erin Seymour

People suffering serious mental illness can expect to live up to 18 years less than the national average, according to the latest research from King's Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) for Mental Health.

2011-05-19T12:59:00Z 2011-05-20T12:49:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Seriousmentalillnessshortenslives.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

Researchers at King's College London have used cells found naturally in the body, to re-educate the immune system to prevent rejection of an organ transplant while remaining capable of fighting infections and cancer.

2011-05-19T10:30:00Z 2011-05-19T10:40:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Celltherapytopreventorganrejection.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

King's College London has been awarded a prestigious Industry Interchange Award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to understand the interactions between genes and ingredients in food, and how they can affect human health.

2011-05-19T09:53:00Z 2011-05-20T10:13:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/KingswinsIndustryInterchangeAward.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

The HERO Review by the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London, for Morgan Sindall Group plc proposes more effective MoD partnering with local authorities and the private sector, new approaches to home ownership and separation of MOD operational and support responsibilities.

2011-05-18T17:02:00Z 2011-05-19T14:33:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Studycallsfornewapproachestodefenceestate.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at King's College London premiered a performance of 'A Nightingale Sang' at London's Southbank Centre on Friday 13 May.

2011-05-17T15:05:00Z 2011-05-18T09:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/SchoolofNursingMidwiferysingatSouthbankCentre.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

Researchers at King's have achieved a breakthrough in understanding a biological process which causes many common cancers, including lung and breast cancer. The achievement opens up new possibilities for the development of improved cancer drugs.

2011-05-17T12:02:00Z 2011-05-18T09:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Octopusprovidescancerbreakthrough.aspx MR. Kyle Christie

Research led by King's College London has discovered the first solid evidence that genetic variations on chromosome 3 may cause depression.

2011-05-16T16:22:00Z 2011-06-22T10:45:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Scientistsfindgeneticlinktodepression.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

King's College London has signed an agreement to work with the Harris Federation of South London Schools in a widening participation partnership.

2011-05-16T15:08:00Z 2011-05-16T14:34:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Newaccesspartnershiplaunched.aspx MISS Emma Reynolds

In honour of International Day of the Midwife (IDM) on Thursday 5 May, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) released the report 'The Socio-economic Value of the Midwife,' which highlights the important role of midwives during pregnancy and childbirth.

2011-05-16T15:01:00Z 2011-05-09T17:16:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Reporthighlightsvalueofmidwives.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

A team of researchers, led by King's College London and the University of Oxford, have found that a gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels is in fact a 'master regulator' gene, which controls the behaviour of other genes found within fat in the body.

2011-05-16T14:06:00Z 2011-05-16T14:34:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Masterswitchgeneforobesityanddiabetesdiscovered.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

It is 150 years since the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell demonstrated the first colour photograph during a Royal Institution lecture on colour theory.

2011-05-16T10:40:00Z 2011-05-16T14:49:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/MaxwellatKings.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

Scientists at King's College London have for the first time uncovered a gene responsible for Adams-Oliver Syndrome (AOS), a condition which can cause birth defects of the heart, limbs or blood vessels.

2011-05-13T12:02:00Z 2011-05-13T11:55:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Geneticcluetocommonbirthdefectsfound.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

Major General John Lorimer, head of strategic communication at the Ministry of Defence, gave a lecture last night at King's on UK military operations in Afghanistan. The lecture was chaired by Dr John Gearson, Director of the Centre of Defence Studies.

2011-05-11T16:03:00Z 2011-05-12T09:57:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/MajorGeneralJohnLorimerAfghanistanLecture.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

The UK's biggest-ever study to discover the genes that cause the incurable autoimmune disease, lupus, is set to considerably advance understanding of the disease and could result in a genetic test predicting who is most likely to develop the condition.

2011-05-10T14:30:00Z 2011-05-11T16:00:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/UKsbiggest-everstudytosearchforgenesthatcauselupus.aspx MISS Antonina Surdi

People with the commonest form of motor neuron disease (MND) called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are more likely to have relatively long ring fingers, reveals research from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's.

2011-05-10T11:27:00Z 2011-05-10T11:58:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Fingerlengthcluetomotorneurondisease.aspx MISS Emma Reynolds

A study co-led by researchers at King's shows that the percentage of men who had a radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate and surrounding cancer cells) and survived for 15 years is higher than men who were only given treatment at signs of further progression of prostate cancer, an approach known as 'watchful waiting.'

2011-05-06T16:21:00Z 2011-05-06T16:19:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Prostatecancertreatmentstudy.aspx MISS Emma Reynolds

King's researchers in the Division of Cancer Studies have developed new technology for the identification and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets in research and clinical diagnostics, resulting in an exclusive licence agreement with Sigma Life Science announced today.

2011-05-03T17:08:00Z 2011-05-18T16:39:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Newtechnologyinexclusivelicencedeal.aspx MRS. Katherine Barnes

Scientists at King's have pioneered a new method of identifying early in pregnancy which healthy first-time mothers are at risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a potentially life threatening condition that complicates one in 20 first pregnancies.

2011-05-03T13:04:00Z 2011-05-11T16:00:00Z http://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/newsrecords/2011/05May/Testforpre-eclampsiadeveloped.aspx