Eleanor Lucy DevBio

Ethics

  • The nurturing machine – how AI could improve cancer detection rates:

    (Published in the UCL IMS Magazine – Edition 2 – March 2026) From adversary to ally… AI is everywhere – you can’t escape it. These large language models have become the byword for theft, job-stealing, environmental pollution and of course, cheating on homework, with the overwhelming response largely negative. Its propensity for medical misinformation has…

  • The new blood test? The use of menstrual blood as a diagnostic tool:

    (Published in the UCL IMS Magazine – Edition 1 – December 2025) The Pad that tests your health. As stockings hang and festive lights twinkle, it’s easy to forget the most unexpected gift in women’s health: menstrual blood.  While blood tests, drawing serum or systemic blood, have been used for well over a century to…