Press Releases

Whisker stimulation prevents strokes in rats

UCI team will now study whether stimulating fingers, lips and face will work in humans.

Malaria grant

UC Irvine public health professor Guiyun Yan will lead groundbreaking malaria field research in impoverished reaches of China, Myanmar and Thailand, thanks to new federal funding.

Healthier cafeteria food, more intense gym classes lower students’ diabetes risk.

Healthier cafeteria choices, longer and more intense periods of physical activity and robust in-school education programs can lower rates of obesity and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, according to a national study called HEALTHY.

Computerworld

UCI’s Ronald D. Hubbard wins for case study in dark particle physics.

Bee Toxin

In a breakthrough, UCI chemists create synthetic antibodies that block bee venom.

UCI Healthcare sponsors Orange County’s first Kidney Walk

June 19 event will raise funds for free disease screening in July.

UCI to honor Center for Future Health Professionals

Medical outreach program targets high school students in underserved communities.

Pierre Baldi

Award recognizes significant contributions to the field of neural networks.

Scholarships 2010

Scholarship Opportunities Program helps prepare, screen applicants.

Immune system helps transplanted stem cells navigate in central nervous system.

By discovering how adult neural stem cells navigate to injury sites in the central nervous system, UC Irvine researchers have helped solve a puzzle in the creation of stem cell-based treatments: How do these cells know where to go?