UCI researchers learn how botulism-causing toxin enters bloodstream

Irvine, Calif., June 19, 2014 — UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have discovered the mechanism by which bacterial toxins that cause food-borne botulism are absorbed through the intestinal lining and into the bloodstream. Their study, which appears in the June 20 issue of Science, points to new approaches to blocking this poisonous substance. Botulism is a rare […]

UC Irvine scientists help identify possible botulism blocker

U.S. and German scientists have decoded a key molecular gateway for the toxin that causes botulism, pointing the way to treatments that can keep the food-borne poison out of the bloodstream.

Black History Month

Deadly diseases, mathematical riddles and a grandma’s piano. Below, these and other elements play a role in the stories of four Anteaters of color. Meet UCI administrator Douglas M. Haynes, who grew up glued to British costume dramas as the youngest of nine children; UCI alumnus Jermaine Griggs, an online music entrepreneur and world traveler; […]

UCI awarded additional $45 million for regional infectious disease research center

UC Irvine has received its largest-ever renewal grant for $45 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue research dedicated to countering threats from bioterrorism agents and emerging infections.