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cancer

Ali Mortazavi

How life works is his life’s work

UCI professor of developmental and cell biology seeks answers to how genes are regulated

Theresa Duong

Giving back to her community

Ph.D. student Theresa Duong seeks to raise awareness of HPV among Vietnamese-Americans

UCI-led team develops new biopsy technology for analyzing multiple tumor tissue biomarkers

Mapping cellular spatial organization and interactions will advance personalized treatment

Ralph and Sue Stern gift to support cancer center at new UCI hospital in Irvine

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

Gorodetsky Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Grant supports novel cell-to-cell communication technology

(From left: Michael J. Stamos, dean of the UCI School of Medicine, and Ethan Wayne, John Wayne Cancer Foundation director.)

John Wayne Cancer Foundation gift establishes new surgical oncology fellowship training program at UCI

Endowed medical chair, fellowship will expand research, teaching and service activities

T regulatory cells (green with red nuclei) interact with antigen-presenting cells (magenta) in a tumor (blue). The Treg cell on top is activated (green fluorescence in the nucleus), while the one at the bottom is not (green fluorescence outside the nucleus). Activation of Treg cells promotes tumor growth.

UCI-led study finds that cancer immunotherapy may self-limit its efficacy

Common tumor inhibitor drug triggers favorable and unfavorable immune effects

Chao family gifts to UCI Health for cancer care top $50 million

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

Rams legendary running back Eric Dickerson chums it up with UCI ecology & evolutionary biology professor James Hicks during UCI media day at Rams practice at Microsemi field at UCI

Exploring ‘exercise as medicine’

New class examines how and why physical activity can work better than pills

Kay Family Foundation gives $1.3 million to UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences

Funding will support health coaching, research and educational programs