King's College London

King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious university institutions: a multi-faculty research-led university college based in the heart of London.

The college offers an intellectually rigorous environment supported by welcoming and caring traditions. King’s has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA, and it is now the largest centre for the education of doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals in Europe and home to six Medical Research Council centres.

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Guidance on weight management and pregnancy

Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to ‘eat for two’ when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy.

Grant to combat counterfeit drugs

The Wellcome Trust has awarded £473,000 to a team of King's researchers, to be led by Dr Kaspar Althoefer, Reader in Sensing and Embedded Systems, for the creation of a system that can identify counterfeit and substandard drugs.

Genetic link to emotional problems

Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's and Duke University (US) have discovered a genetic variation that moderates whether victims of bullying will go on to develop emotional problems.