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UC Irvine researchers find new Alzheimer's mechanism linked to brain inflammation

Discovery reveals long-studied receptor is built differently than previously understood

Microglia, brain cells

Harnessing the brain's repair crew

With NIH support, UC Irvine scientists are using the brain’s immune cells to reimagine Alzheimer’s treatments

Jun Wu, UC Irvine professor of environmental and occupational health

UC Irvine wins NIH grant to study environmental impacts on maternal, child mental health

Research will explore effects of exposure to heat waves, wildfire smoke in Southern California

Michael Demetriou

Unique pan-cancer immunotherapy destroys tumors without attacking healthy tissue, UC Irvine study shows

Next step is testing ‘holy grail’ therapy’s safety and effectiveness in patients

Wen Public Health receives $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Environmental toxicology researcher to unlock how early development shapes health

Zhongping Chen, UC Irvine professor of biomedical engineering

UC Irvine team receives $3 million NIH award for revolutionary deep tissue imaging

Funding backs four-university research effort to solve perennial issue of light scattering

S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine.

UC Irvine awarded $18 million grant to lead landmark dementia study

UCI MIND secures National Institute on Aging funding to study an important new degenerative brain disease

Gregory Hickok, chair of UC Irvine’s Department of Language Science.

Brain teasers in language research

Uncovering the hidden architecture of speech is the subject of Gregory Hickok’s new book

Elizabeth Head, M.A., Ph.D. Professor, Vice Chair for Research Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Elizabeth Andrews, grad student

Women with Down syndrome may develop Alzheimer's disease more rapidly than men

UC Irvine study finds sex differences may impact treatment approaches

UC Irvine researchers find combination of natural compounds for brain cleaning

Treatment removes harmful protein buildup associated with Alzheimer’s disease