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Petra Wilder-Smith, Director of Dentistry, Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic. Professor, School of Medicine

An anticancer camera?

Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith’s screening device takes aim at oral lesions

Dana Mukamel

UC Irvine-led study reveals relationship between nursing home staffing types and quality of care

Optimal health outcomes require insight into relationship between disciplines, residents’ needs

UC Irvine School of Medicine Dean Michael Stamos.

Advancing regenerative medicine therapies

Discoveries in the new GMP facility will expand novel gene and cell treatment options for patients

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CNCM is awarded $1.4 million NIH grant for Alzheimer’s disease research training

Funds will support projects with significant clinical translational potential

Photo: CD8+ T cells (yellow) activated by PD-1 blockade also interact with T regulatory cells (teal and red), which subsequently dampen the immune response against the melanoma tumor cells (blue)

‘Cutting the cable’ between CD8+ T and T regulatory cells enhances checkpoint immunotherapy

Discovery by UC Irvine-led team may offer new strategy for improving melanoma treatment

Digital illustration of a side profile of a human head and neck in a stylized X-ray effect, highlighting the skull and sinuses with bones in blue and sinuses in shades of orange

The Nose Knows Where Memories Go

Studying the connection between olfaction and the brain’s ability to remember things

UC Irvine, industry collaboration aims to boost health outcomes for rare diseases

Partnership will improve ability to identify underlying causes

Bridget Fortin, a UC Irvine doctoral student in the Department of Biological Chemistry (left) standing next to Selma Masri (right), UC Irvine associate professor of biological chemistry.

UC Irvine study reveals circadian clock can be leveraged to enhance cancer immunotherapy

Optimizing individual time-of-day delivery offers new avenues for prevention and treatment

Leonardo Alaniz, M.D.

#IamUCI – Leonardo Alaniz

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Bryce Mander, UC Irvine associate professor of psychiatry & human behavior

UC Irvine-led study links sleep apnea severity during REM stage to verbal memory decline

Novel findings among elders at risk for Alzheimer’s open door to personalized interventions