UCI virologist Michael Buchmeier

What you need to know about the delta variant

UCI coronavirus expert Michael Buchmeier answers your questions

New mouse model provides first platform to study late-onset Alzheimer’s disease

First-of-its-kind advance holds promise for making new strides in research, treatments

How did hippo, whale and dolphin skin adapt to live in water? UCI study reveals evolutionary clues

Paleontologists have long asked if hippopotamuses and cetaceans – whales, dolphins and porpoises – share a common, amphibious ancestor. The answer, which is no, according to a study published today in Current Biology, was derived by a molecular and genetic analysis of the animals’ hides which are highly adapted to aquatic environments. Co-senior author Maksim […]

Xiangmin Xu, director of UCI’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in his lab

Cartographers of the brain

UCI’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping is redrawing our understanding of mechanisms underlying several common disorders

Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, the Irving H. Leopold chair and a distinguished professor in the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology at the UCI School of Medicine

UCI-led study reveals significant restoration of retinal and visual function following gene therapy

New generation CRISPR technology lays foundation for therapeutics to treat a wide range of inherited ocular diseases

Drug trials show remdesivir has ‘significant positive effect’ in slowing progression of coronavirus

CBS2, April 29, 2020 (Video)

Doctors race to develop coronavirus drugs, speeding through hurdles

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Veggie-loving fish could be the new white meat

UCI discovery points to aquaculture potential of the monkeyface prickleback

UCI scientists reveal mechanism of electron charge exchange in molecules

Breakthrough has applications in data storage, energy conversion, quantum computing

Study finds links between genetic, postal codes in kids’ health, behavior and social outcomes

UCI co-leads first-of-its-kind research on effect of genes, geography on children’s lives