UC Irvine broke ground today on a new stem cell research building that will strengthen and unify this fast-growing field on campus and throughout Southern California.
October 24, 2008
When they arrived at UC Irvine Medical Center, the two dozen Silverado High School students seemed unsure about what was ahead.
October 23, 2008
UC Irvine is a hot spot for systems biology, a new approach to learning why the human body and other organisms work the way they do.
October 20, 2008
The immune system is the body's military force, assigned to protect against disease and infection. But sometimes, the T cells and B cells that carry out this vital mission turn against their host and mistakenly attack healthy tissue in a process called autoimmunity.
October 20, 2008
The field of public health looks at the big picture, and that image is coming into focus at UC Irvine as its Program in Public Health marks its greatest growth stage in its young, five-year history.
October 13, 2008
Experts on everything from reconstructing the human hand to interpreting the U.S. Constitution have joined the UC Irvine faculty in the last year.
October 13, 2008
Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. It's one way the body defends itself.
October 9, 2008
This is the second in a three-part series of essays by UC Irvine pediatrician Dr. Dan Cooper on children and exercise.
October 9, 2008
Inequality literally is making people sick, says Michael Montoya, UC Irvine anthropology and Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor.
October 6, 2008
Surgery is stressful for even the calmest patient, but for children it can be particularly traumatic and frightening. For anesthesiologists, soothing anxious children about to enter surgery is a critical part of the job, and Dr. Zeev Kain, anesthesiology & perioperative care chair at UC Irvine, is turning to ancient Chinese medicine for new methods.
October 6, 2008
