Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.
November 16, 2009
New technology in cochlear implants and hearing aids means children needn't suffer from hearing loss, says UC Irvine Dr. Hamid Djalilian.
November 15, 2009
UCI center takes multidisciplinary approach to managing chronic suffering with its new Center for Pain Management.
November 3, 2009
A toxin produced by mold on nuts and grains can cause liver cancer if consumed in large quantities. UC Irvine researchers for the first time have discovered what triggers the toxin to form, which could lead to methods of limiting its production.
October 21, 2009
UCI researchers Kenneth Longmuir and Richard Robertson have developed a more precise approach to delivery of chemotherapy drugs.
October 12, 2009
As much as we know about the human body, some of the more mundane, daily functions are least understood.
September 14, 2009
Nine paintings created through an Alzheimer's Association program called Memories in the Making are on display at UCI MIND.
September 9, 2009
Four other people are known to have survived the kind of spinal injury suffered by Jon Wilhite in a triple-fatality car crash, and everything had to go just right for emergency personnel and UC Irvine Medical Center doctors before this story could be told.
August 26, 2009
UCI's David Dooley studies the impact of unemployment on mental health.
August 19, 2009
UC Irvine scientists have shown for the first time that neural stem cells can rescue memory in mice with advanced Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a potential treatment for the leading cause of elderly dementia that afflicts 5.3 million people in the U.S.
July 20, 2009