UC Irvine-led study unlocks the secrets of birth defect origins
Findings offer new targets for early detection and prevention strategies
March 21, 2024
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developmental & cell biology
UC Irvine-led researchers reveal new molecular mechanism for stimulating hair growth
Findings may offer road map for next generation of therapies for androgenetic alopecia
June 21, 2023
Hunting for cures to hair loss
UCI’s Natasha Mesinkovska and Maksim Plikus garner national attention as leaders in the field
March 27, 2023
Three UCI scientists win NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards
High-Risk, High-Reward grants will support biomedical research projects
October 06, 2022
Remembering Michael Berns
Inspired by a ruby beam of light, the Beckman Laser Institute co-founder changed science, medicine – and UCI
August 16, 2022
How a protein breaks free to cause deadly cancers
UCI-led finding helps propel search for improved treatments
July 18, 2022
UCI-led team discovers signaling molecule that potently stimulates hair growth
SCUBE3 identified as possible therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia
June 30, 2022
W.M. Keck Foundation awards $1 million to UCI team to study cartilage formation
Cross-disciplinary researchers will explore applications in regenerative medicine
February 03, 2022
UCI study points to how skin cells cooperate to thwart cancer
Findings reveal new information on melanoma development and insights into treatments
October 13, 2020
Claudia Benavente is awarded a $2.1 million NCI grant to combat childhood bone cancer
Claudia Benavente, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and developmental & cell biology at UCI, has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a novel therapeutic treatment for osteosarcoma. Her research aims to explain the role of the chromatin remodeling protein UHRF1 as a potential target in the treatment of […]
June 06, 2019