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UC Irvine’s Thai B. Nguyen, Leslie Thompson and Robert Spitale (from left).

UC Irvine-led team discovers potential new therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease

Molecular mechanisms revealed that drive RNA processing defects leading to disorder

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics.

UC Irvine-co-led study finds DNA damage is key factor in age-related macular degeneration

Targeting specific retinal cell types could lead to treatments that slow or stop progression

Xiangmin Xu, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of anatomy and neurobiology and director of the campus’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping.

UC Irvine-led study reveals new insights into how we navigate space and store memories

UC Irvine-led study reveals new insights into how we navigate space and store memories

Phillip Felgner

UC Irvine receives initial $33 million in federal support for vaccine research

Philip Felgner to lead multi-institutional pandemic planning effort

Circadian disruption, gut microbiome changes linked to colorectal cancer progression

Findings by UC Irvine researchers may lead to new prevention, treatment strategies

Monica Daley, UC Irvine professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

UC Irvine receives record $668 million in research funding for fiscal 2023-24

Increase reflects strong support for campus mission

Man in a lab coat looking at a computer screen.

UC Irvine discovery of ‘item memory' brain cells offers new Alzheimer's treatment target

Finding significantly deepens understanding of crucial component of cognitive function

Xiangmin Xu, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of anatomy and neurobiology and director of the campus’s Center for Neural Circuit Mapping

UC Irvine-led team reveals how TREM2 genetic mutation affects late-onset Alzheimer's

First-of-their-kind insights into brain effects could yield new targets for early intervention

UC Irvine Institute for Clinical & Translational Science receives $28 million NIH grant

Funding continues campus efforts to speed scientific discoveries into medical advances

Petra Wilder-Smith, Director of Dentistry, Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic. Professor, School of Medicine

An anticancer camera?

Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith’s screening device takes aim at oral lesions