A potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease also has been shown in mice to slow the weakening of muscles associated with inclusion body myositis, a disorder that affects the elderly.
UC Irvine has received its largest-ever renewal grant for $45 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue research dedicated to countering threats from bioterrorism agents and emerging infections.
In recognition of the largest single cash gift in campus history, from the estate of M.A. Douglas, the university's new seven-story hospital at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange will be renamed UC Irvine Douglas Hospital.
