August 13, 2019 Researcher discusses the mystery of why we sleep Poor sleep can badly affect health but we still do not understand the purpose of sleep, said an Imperial researcher at a recent talk. Professor Nick Franks, Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics at Imperial College London, talked about his work on the neuroscience of sleep and what is understood about the role of sleep at […]
February 11, 2019 New children’s research facility opens at Imperial A research facility that aims to improve the quality of life, treatment and care for children with complex diseases formally opened this month. The Children’s Clinical Research Facility (CCRF) was completed in 2018 and focuses on translational research in children with complex childhood diseases such as food allergy, asthma, sickle cell anaemia, hepatitis, tuberculosis (TB), […]