Gina Lee, UCI assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, is one of 10 researchers to receive a $100,000 grant from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation for their innovative work in seeking cures for cancers affecting women. Lee’s team studies lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare tumor syndrome causing uncontrolled cell growth in the kidneys and lungs that […]
Gift will support new hospital, cancer center coming in Irvine
Study uncovers key insights into little-understood phenomenon
Selma Masri and her lab team explore the links between cancer and our internal timekeeper
UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments
Researchers at UCI salivary bioscience institute are championing the use of spit in diagnostics
Next up: Does the medication offer protection against other forms of cancer?
UCI Health dermatologist Anand Ganesan created new compounds that slow skin cancer growth
Selma Masri, assistant professor of biological chemistry in the UCI School of Medicine, has won the prestigious 2022 Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award for Science. The awards program honors one scholar in each STEM2D discipline: science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing and design. The six diverse, international female recipients were selected out of a competitive […]
Nick Pannunzio, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the UCI School of Medicine, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time Award from the National Cancer Institute. The seven-year grant will bring approximately $410,000 annually to fund his study into a particular acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype called Philadelphia chromosome-like […]