They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. The same can be said of the adult brain. Its connections are hard to change, while in children, novel experiences rapidly mold new connections during critical periods of brain development.
What happens to an astronaut’s brain during a mission to Mars? Nothing good. It’s besieged by destructive particles that can forever impair cognition, according to a UC Irvine radiation oncology study appearing in the May 1 edition of Science Advances.
Dr. Virginia Kimonis and fellow UCI researchers are dedicated to finding genetic clues, giving new hope to families
The common pencil squid (Loliginidae) may hold the key to a new generation of medical technologies that could communicate more directly with the human body. UC Irvine materials science researchers have discovered that reflectin, a protein in the tentacled creature’s skin, can conduct positive electrical charges, or protons, making it a promising material for building biologically inspired devices.
New Chao center director Rick Van Etten focuses on boosting patient treatments, access
Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement … and zombies
In the spirit of Halloween, we offer a witches’ brew of peculiar probes and freaky findings by UCI researchers
Thomas Lane leads UCI’s efforts to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis
Dr. Daniela Bota of UCI’s Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program is determined to find ways for cancer patients to avoid “chemo brain.”
Lung cancer tumors stop growing, shrink or disappear in 90 percent of patients targeted drug therapy study.