Day: December 2, 2010

Tibetan monks at the Gaden Shartse Monastery in Mundgod, India

UCI group tours India, meets Dalai Lama

Students experience Tibetan culture, meet Dalai Lama in 18-day trek through India.

UC Irvine News Brief: Clinical trial of UCI stem cell-based therapy for spinal muscular atrophy proposed

California Stem Cell Inc. has applied to the federal Food & Drug Administration to start a Phase I safety study on the treatment, created in collaboration with Hans Keirstead’s research group.

UC Irvine News Brief: Psychologist garners grants to study pediatric, neonatal pain

Michelle Fortier, Ph.D., of UC Irvine’s Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, has received $450,000 from the Hoag Foundation and $50,000 from the Children’s Miracle Network.

UC Irvine Medical Center is recognized for its commitment to organ donation

US Department of Health & Human Services awards the hospital a Silver Medal of Honor.