Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders
Understanding the key structural determinants of a highly specialized membrane in the eye could lead to new treatments, even a cure
Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The funds will be used in the development of a new human neural stem cell therapeutic for treating chronic cervical […]
A UCI interdisciplinary research team associated with the Skin Biology Resource Center has received a three-year, $2 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to generate a comprehensive skin cell atlas that will help explain ancestral differences in skin biology and disease. The project is part of a worldwide effort to create the Human Cell […]
Chancellor’s Fellow Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D., professor of anatomy & neurobiology and director of the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, and other CNCM investigators have been awarded grants totaling $7.1 million from three federal agencies to support efforts to develop powerful new molecular tools and enhance resources the center offers to neuroscientists worldwide. The National Institute […]
ACT@POC aims to boost efficiency, accessibility and participant diversity to benefit patients
Project prototype to be implemented at senior health facility in Anaheim
In a paper published online in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, experts from the U.K. and U.S. call for artificial intelligence to be applied to advancing research and developing new therapies to meet the growing global demand for hearing care. In its latest report on deafness and hearing loss, the World Health Organization projects that […]
Program will prepare leaders in stem cell biology, gene therapy and regenerative medicine
UCI-led team is first to discover how the brain creates memories of delicious smells