UC Irvine computer scientists have created an app that could allow an individual to securely store and use his or her own DNA on a smartphone. GenoDroid, they said, could potentially be used for paternity and common-ancestry tests, customized cancer-fighting drugs and more.
UC Irvine study patients with renal failure experienced changes the composition of intestinal bacterial microbes that are crucial to staving off disease-causing pathogens and maintaining micronutrient balance.
Researchers with UC Irvine’s Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a genetic pathway in melanoma cells that inhibits the cellular mechanism for detecting DNA damage wrought by chemotherapy, thereby building up tolerance to cancer-killing drugs.
International genetic consortium finds butterflies also use taste and smell genes to increase their chances of living longer.
Recent publication by the International Schizophrenia Consortium confirms 2010 work by a group of researchers led by Dr. Steven Potkin.
Summer research program exposes community college students to emerging field.
Researchers find single gene controls mimicry across different species.
Environmental and inherited risk factors associated with multiple sclerosis – previously poorly understood and not known to be connected – converge to alter a critical cellular function linked to the chronic neurologic disease, researchers with the UC Irvine Multiple Sclerosis Research Center have discovered.
UCI epidemiologist and his team will research effects of air pollution in elderly people.
Award recognizes significant contributions to the field of neural networks.