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New facility on campus will be next chapter of healthcare in Orange County

Longtime UCI donors’ latest gift adds to legacy of expanding lifesaving care

In a paper published online in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, experts from the U.K. and U.S. call for artificial intelligence to be applied to advancing research and developing new therapies to meet the growing global demand for hearing care. In its latest report on deafness and hearing loss, the World Health Organization projects that […]

Latest donation will name cancer center at new UCI Medical Center in Irvine

UCI launches the UC system’s first B.A. program for incarcerated individuals

UCI scholars Zachary W. Wagoner, a graduate student researcher in cellular & molecular biosciences, and Weian Zhao, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, have identified a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease. Their findings are contrary to the long-standing conventional wisdom that diseased tissue is repaired through stem cells differentiating into new cells or […]

Magdalene Seiler, Ph.D., UCI associate professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a five-year, $3,823,950 grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a preclinical study on rodent models of an innovative co-graft approach to repair permanently damaged retinas. Cell transplantation offers a potential therapy for those who have already lost their […]

UCI LIFTED initiative will help lower recidivism rates through higher education

UCI Medical Center-Irvine will anchor the north campus healing gardens, naturescapes and research preserve

First batch of 3,000 will be given to frontline healthcare employees