clinical trials

Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center celebrates 10 years of innovation

Year-old center for accelerating clinical trials gave UCI Health an investigative edge when the pandemic hit

Aviptadil could save people suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome

UCI researchers have developed a breakthrough cochlear device that could enable hearing-impaired people to detect pitch

With jump in patients expected, new leader of clinical research operations at UCI MIND aims to accelerate translation of discoveries into effective treatments

Funding continues campus effort to speed scientific discoveries into medical advances

Leslie Thompson of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and UCI MIND has been awarded $6 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to continue her CIRM-supported efforts to create stem cell treatments for Huntington’s disease. The funding will allow the Thompson lab to conduct the late-stage testing needed to apply […]

A first-of-its-kind stem cell-based treatment for retinitis pigmentosa developed by UC Irvine’s Dr. Henry Klassen, Dr. Jing Yang and colleagues has received consent from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use in a clinical trial.

During the first week of October, the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center will sponsor events highlighting UCI’s progress in this promising area.

UCI’s gynecologic oncology group forges what is being called the largest breakthrough for treating ovarian cancer in more than a decade.