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Developmental biologist Maksim Plikus named 2016 Pew Scholar

Maksim Plikus, assistant professor of developmental & cell biology, is among the exceptional early-career scientists named a 2016 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. For more than 30 years, the Pew Charitable Trusts have supported outstanding biomedical researchers at the start of their careers, and this year’s class of 22 scholars is drawn from prestigious institutes […]

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UCI team finds method to reduce accumulation of damaging Huntington’s disease protein

A study appearing April 14 in the journal Neuron suggests there may be a new way to change the damaging course of Huntington disease. University of California, Irvine neurobiologists Leslie Thompson and Joseph Ochaba and their colleagues from UCI and from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have shown that reducing the aberrant accumulation of a particular form of the […]

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Most online liquid nicotine vendors fail to prevent sales to minors

UCI-led study shows that self-regulation of e-cigarette industry isn’t working

UCI study finds safer stem cell-derived therapy for brain radiation recovery

Microvesicle injections restored cognition without adverse side effects

Controlling blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol linked to 62 percent lower cardiovascular disease risk in patients with diabetes

UCI report also reveals only 7 percent in major heart studies successfully managed these 3 factors

UCI scientists receive $8 million to help develop Q fever vaccine

Federally supported effort is aimed at mitigating bioterrorism threat

Listen up Sacramento: Grad students add value

UCI’s Julius Edson joins fellow graduate students for advocacy day in Sacramento to describe how he’s building a better bug trap

Blocking inflammation prevents cell death, improves memory in Alzheimer’s disease

UCI mouse study points to new treatments to limit effects of neurological disorder

Body’s immune system may play larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than thought

UCI mouse study finds dramatic increase in brain plaques when key cells are lacking

New class of inhibitory compounds developed to aid melanoma treatments

UCI-led discovery helps healthy cell processes that can block tumor growth