Use of birth control pills alters memory
Women using hormonal contraceptives recall emotional events differently.
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Bioinformatics boosters
Summer research program exposes community college students to emerging field.
An app a day
New Calit2 division uses technology to put patients in control of their health.
UCI-led butterfly study sheds light on convergent evolution
Researchers find single gene controls mimicry across different species.
Desert research station will open
Through the generosity of Audrey Steele Burnand, UCI will develop a new research center near Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
UC Irvine News Brief: CIRM awards $25 million for first-ever human clinical trial of stem cell-derived therapy
The treatment for people with spinal cord injury was created in the lab of UCI neurobiologist Hans Keirstead.
Program fosters future science, math teachers
UCI program helps meet nation’s critical need for more – and better – math and science teachers.
UC Irvine News Brief: Newspaper profiles first spinal cord injury patient to get UCI stem cell treatment
Paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident last September, Timothy Atchinson now reports some very slight sensation in his legs.
Another iron in the fire against TB
UC researchers have found a possible alternate path for TB to spread in the human body.
UC Irvine News Brief: UCI MIND study finds plaque-blocking compound that may aid Alzheimer's treatments
Researchers with the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) have discovered how a novel compound can reduce the accumulation of brain plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease without the side effects produced by any current drugs used for the chronic neurodegenerative disease.