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- Category: Blog
- London Microbiome Meeting 2025
- TwinsUK Expands Data Contribution to the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration
- My First Week At TwinsUK
- My Work Experience With TwinsUK
- We spoke to TwinsUK researcher Dr Emily Leeming about her new book “Genius Gut: The Life-Changing Science of Eating for Your Second Brain”
- My First Week At TwinsUK
- My Week At TwinsUK
- My work experience at TwinsUK
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Genevieve
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Bridget
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Belma
- Celebrating Excellence: TwinsUK Shines at the King’s Faculty Awards
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Sabrina
- You Asked, We Actioned!
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Taha Bhatti
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Aaruthy
- Diversity at TwinsUK: Paz García
- My week at TwinsUK
- HOW COVID-19 AFFECTED THE UK’S MENTAL HEALTH
- Bad Bacteria? Think again!
- Did you know reducing your intake of vegetables can lead to decreased white blood cells?
- Your Contribution to COVID-19 Research
- Have your say on TwinsUK research
- Halloween at TwinsUK
- Twins begin the 2021-22 school year
- How six researchers visited 500 twins in six weeks for groundbreaking COVID-19 research
- What does tap water mean for our gut bacteria? Dr Ruth Bowyer explains in this blog
- This International Women’s Day, meet inspiring women at TwinsUK
- The marvels of female DNA
- 27 years of seeing double
- A week with TwinsUK
- Ideas that change healthcare: Our future growing older and what we can do now
- World Alzheimer’s Day 2017: Q&A with Dr Claire Steves
- Category: General
- TwinsUK Study Shortlisted for Versus Arthritis Research Highlight of the Year
- Unlocking the secrets of our fat: New study uncovers how genetics acts through fat tissue to shape health and disease
- Our Research on X Chromosome Inactivation in Lupus Receives Featured Review in Nature Reviews Rheumatology
- New Insights into How Our Genes Affect Skin Health
- Study Sheds Light on the Role of X Chromosome Inactivation in Lupus
- Largest Ever Genetic Study of Age of Puberty Includes TwinsUK Contribution
- Researchers challenge focus on rural older adults in Chris Whitty’s latest health report
- Study Reveals ZOE Personalised Diets Yield Health Improvements
- New Study Reveals Epigenetic Markers for Type 2 Diabetes Complications in Identical Twins
- Celebrating International Women’s Day: Stories from Twins and TwinsUK Staff
- TwinsUK part of team awarded £20 million to study bowel cancer
- Daily fibre supplement improves older adults’ brain function in just 12 weeks
- The Link Between Gut Viruses and Cardiometabolic Disease
- The gut microbiome can predict treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis
- TwinsUK Twins Undergo First MRI Scan in New Study on Healthy Ageing
- In Search of Clues: Circulating Inflammatory Proteins and Unchanging Tinnitus
- Exciting News at TwinsUK: Meet Our New Head of Department!
- TwinsUK Featured in ITV and BBC Documentaries on Ultra-Processed Foods
- Introducing the new King’s Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment
- New Study Reveals Faecal Metabolite Signature Linked to Prediabetes and Type-2 Diabetes
- Groundbreaking Insights into Predictive Metabolites of Heart Attacks
- TwinsUK successful in bid for multi-million-pound award for resilience research
- Study Reveals Higher BMI Puts Adolescents at Risk for Depression
- Some people’s brain function still affected by Long COVID years after infection
- Artificial Intelligence helps human radiologists: detecting intervertebral disc degeneration in MRI scans
- Three types of long-COVID for people experiencing symptoms for 12 weeks or more
- Diet high in protein linked with loss of muscle
- Can use of proton pump inhibitors increase your risk of fractures?
- How much of a boost do “booster” COVID-19 jabs give?
- What does your X chromosome say about your risk of chronic disease?
- Under pressure: The link between belly fat, blood pressure and food responses revealed
- Experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 associated with poorer mental health
- Could the age of your brain predict dementia?
- Your B’s and T’s: How they reflect COVID-19 infection
- Study explores how belly fat increases risk of metabolic disease
- Up to one in six people with COVID-19 report long COVID symptoms
- Hear here! Hope for future treatments against hearing loss as researchers find 10 new genes and identify the affected ear structure
- What are the most popular foods and drinks at TwinsUK?
- Can gut bacteria be linked to greenspace composition in the UK?
- Genomic regions discovered that could help understand obesity
- Study finds potential predictor for perimenopause
- What does Long Covid mean to you?
- Could bacterial infection contribute to low back pain?
- Do identical twins have identical antibody responses?
- Could the DASH diet help reduce high blood pressure?
- Is a love of nature in your genes?
- What’s the link between gut bacteria and blood pressure in women?
- How do hormones affect women’s experience of COVID-19?
- People with mental health conditions hit harder by pandemic disruption
- TwinsUK has opened a brand new clinic at St Thomas’ Hospital
- Could your gut bacteria help you lose belly fat?
- New project announced to tackle chronic pain
- Can supplements offer protection against COVID-19?
- Hungry all the time? Now we know why
- Can the immune system recover from the effects of smoking?
- 50 new genes for eye colour discovered
- TwinsUK to take part in key Long COVID research programme
- Appetite linked to healthier gut bacteria and better muscle function in over-60s
- A good diet can keep us healthy – but are we really in control of what we eat?
- 30 key gut microbes for your health identified in landmark nutrition study
- Vaccination begins for TwinsUK staff in healthcare roles
- Professor Frances Williams to start new project to predict who will develop tinnitus
- Addicted to the sun? It’s in your genes
- Could fat tissue hold the key to why some people experience more severe COVID-19?
- Cycling for COVID-19 – Professor Tim Spector’s fundraising challenge
- Researchers identify three nutrients with major effects on blood pressure
- There are microbes in your urine – and now we know why
- Eat yourself slim? Molecules found in plants linked to reduced risk of obesity
- Does gut bacteria play a role in rheumatoid arthritis?
- Can diverse gut bacteria help protect against type 2 diabetes?
- Landmark nutritional study PREDICT shows dietary inflammation after meals varies dramatically among healthy adults
- Use loss of taste and smell as key screening tool for COVID-19, researchers urge
- COVID-19 prevalence and severity higher in urban and most deprived areas
- Study of 2,600 TwinsUK twins finds COVID-19 symptoms partly due to genes
- COVID-19: helping those at-risk, together
- Latest data from COVID Symptom Tracker app shows the lockdown is working
- Loss of smell and taste a key symptom over fever for COVID-19 cases
- King’s College London Pioneers Symptom Reporting App to Slow Spread of COVID-19
- TwinsUK to start COVID-19 research
- TwinsUK statement on coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Professor Frances Williams’ research celebrated by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
- What’s in a colon? New project ExHiBITT publishes first results
- Could we diagnose disease from saliva?
- Professor Tim Spector wins award for gut bacteria research
- Chromosome X marks the spot
- Gut bacteria need each other – and that affects our metabolism
- Hope for hearing loss
- Could a glass of red wine improve your gut health?
- Moles and melanoma – is the sun the real culprit after all?
- Can bacteria beat the belly fat?
- When it comes to food, one size doesn’t fit all
- Type 2 diabetes study puts the kidney, spleen and the eyes in the spotlight
- Do different types of cells in fat matter in health research?
- Why do more women develop lupus than men?
- TwinsUK researcher featured in science fiction book
- How is bacteria linked to the development of rheumatoid arthritis?
- Life after death? Measuring metabolism beyond the grave
- Body or brain behind back pain?
- The genetics of chronic backpain
- Researchers identify key genes involved in chronic back pain
- Gut microbe diversity linked to lower arterial stiffness
- New genes implicated in whether skin will burn in the sun
- More than 100 genes determine hair colour
- Genes affect fat deposition and Type 2 diabetes risk
- Dietary omega-3 improves the diversity of gut bacteria
- Gut bacteria play a role in long-term weight gain
- Genetics plays a significant role in immunity
- KCL Big Data Day
- Acne sufferers’ cells may be protected against ageing
- Study finds link between faecal bacteria and body fat
- Do our genes tell us how to vote?
- DTR on show at the Evening Standard 1000 Party
- Welcome back Hugo and Ross
- DTR “Twin Experience” Event at the Science Museum
- Polar Trek – Identical Twins
- International Congress on Twin Studies 2014
- What twins think about the Carb-digesting Gene
- Boston Hall of Human Life
- Salon London Transmission Prize 2013
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Barcelona Triathlon 2013
- Science Weekly
- The Debate (Institute of Art and Ideas)
- TwinsUK on BBC Horizon
- TwinsUK part of the NIHR BioResource
- 21st anniversary Video
- TwinsUK on the BBC
- Twin research comes of age
- Bursaries for Masters programmes
- Identical Twins and DNA
- CBC radio – Quirks and Quarks
- Baronness Boothroyd, Patron of TwinsUK, visits the Department
Collaborator Publications
Press Releases
- Increased vitamin C in the diet could help protect against cataracts
- Fitter legs linked to a 'fitter' brain
- Multiple birth families are disadvantaged due to lack of government policy on classroom placements
- More than 11 moles on your arm could indicate higher risk of melanoma
- Research shows high protein foods boost cardiovascular health
- Genetic architecture of immune system
- Department of Twin Research launches British Gut
- New study finds strong link between obesity and ‘carb breakdown’ gene
- Pain sensitivity may be influenced by lifestyle and environment
- Rate of ageing determined in the womb & linked to birthweight
- New back pain gene identified
- Ageing genes discovered
- Solidarity could provide policy solutions
- Master switch' gene for obesity and diabetes
- Genes that control 'ageing' steroid identified
- Scientists find gene linked to alcohol consumption
- Garlic could protect against hip osteoarthritis
- Largest ever Epigenetics project launched
- Biomarkers for CAD risk identified
- Genetic link to vitamin D insufficiency
- New test for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis
- Moles hold the key to Melanoma Genes
- Novel genes found for menarche and menopause
- Emotionally intelligent women have more orgasms
- New gene link to male pattern baldness
- King’s scientists reveal first large scale gene study of knee osteoarthritis
- First genome-wide scan for osteoporosis
- Exercise in leisure time prolongs life
- Scientists hail the ‘sunshine vitamin'
- Study reveals genetic link to diet
- World's first genome screen for osteoarthritis
- Moles linked with slower ageing
- Finger lengths and women's sports potential
- Social status proven to be direct link to the ageing process
- Are entrepreneurs born or made?
- Protelos and Fractures in Elderly Women (over 80 years) with Osteoporosis
- Protelos Demonstrates Unique Long Term Osteoporotic Fracture Reduction
- Multiple genes found to play major role in knee osteoarthritis
- New study presented at ASBMR Conference suggests choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid improves bone health benefits of calcium and vitamin D
- Study finds link between genes and body odour
- Medical researchers see double
- Smoking and obesity accelerate human ageing
- Protelos® significantly reduces non vertebral fracture risk in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
- Blame your genes for a restless night’s sleep – new research revealed
- Twin study reveals genetic role in female infidelity
- Protelos, first in new class of osteoporosis therapies launched today
- Twin study reveals genetic link to myopia
- Moderate drinking does not increase risk of brittle bones in women
- How can we use Twin Research To Identify the effects of Sun Ageing and Sun Damage
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- Harry Watson
- Vicky Bowyer
- Samira Said
- Loredana Trandafir
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- Chris Franklin-Cheung
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- Christel Barnetson
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- Professor Tim Spector
- Dr. Deborah Hart
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- Professor Kerrin Small
- Dr Mario Falchi
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- Rajan Wignarajah
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