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Oct 26, 2026 | UC Irvine News
$23 Million From Cary and Will Singleton Will Support, Equip New Home for UCI MIND
A $23 million gift from Cary and Will Singleton will help the University of California, Irvine accelerate the search for new ways to understand, treat and, ultimately, prevent Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Oct 22, 2026 | UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
Common Cholesterol Drugs Show Promise Against Chemotherapy-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer can become harder to treat when tumors stop responding to chemotherapy, leaving patients and families with few options. UC Irvine researchers have identified a weakness that emerges as cancer cells resist a widely used chemotherapeutic, pointing to a possible new use for cholesterol-lowering statins.
Sep 22, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Lbachir BenMohamed, PhD, Receives $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Develop Immunotherapy Against Recurrent Ocular Herpes
“Our goal is to develop a safe and durable immunotherapy that can reduce potentially blinding recurrent herpetic disease, limit transmission and ultimately improve the lives of millions of people worldwide,” says Lbachir BenMohamed, PhD.
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Pengbo Jiang, MD, and Aditi Sharma, MD, were honored at an Oct. 14 luncheon as recipients of the Fall 2026 Rising Stars award, in recognition of their innovative approach to improving care.
Learn how the UC Irvine Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) partners with community members in moving science out of the lab and into the real world.
Mahina Mitul talks about finding her path to becoming a postdoc at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, including the tweet that led her from Bangladesh to UC Irvine.
Oct 29, 2026 | Everyday Health
Treatment-Resistant Hypertension: What It Means When Nothing Seems to Work
Shaista Malik, MD, PhD, MPH, professor of medicine in the Mary & Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division at UC Irvine School of Medicine, discusses underlying causes of treatment-resistant hypertension, including hormonal imbalances, and shares insights on medications, nutrition and lifestyle factors that influence blood pressure.
Oct 27, 2026 | Bioengineer.org
3D Confocal Imaging Exposes Hidden Bias in Cerebral Microhemorrhage Counts
UC Irvine researchers used 3D "optical scans" to reveal that standard brain slicing misses almost 40% of tiny internal bleeds, creating a far more accurate benchmark for future vascular disease research.