Health

NIH funding supports continued research into early-life origins of mental disorders

New, safer approach using engineered stem cells could reduce need for chemotherapy

Event proceeds will expand research on prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Project is supported by $4 million grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Claudia Benavente, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and developmental & cell biology at UCI, has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a novel therapeutic treatment for osteosarcoma. Her research aims to explain the role of the chromatin remodeling protein UHRF1 as a potential target in the treatment of […]

UCI-led stem cell study sets stage for human testing

Ramon Resa ’81 overcame incredible obstacles to become a successful pediatrician who caters to the children of migrant farmworkers

About 2 million people in the U.S. suffer from a mysterious illness known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome. One of the challenges healthcare professionals have faced in diagnosing it has been the lack of a clear biomarker, something in a patient’s bloodstream to signal the cause of the problem. Researchers at UCI and […]

UCI team helps uncover how ‘FLASH radiotherapy’ reduces neural cell damage

Culinary medicine class teaches future physicians how to practice what they preach – and pass it on to patients