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Apr 15, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine-led research team shows importance of under-recognized genetic factor lipoprotein(a) in predicting heart disease in a large multiethnic US population
In what is the largest, most ethnically diverse long-term study of a U.S. population, a UC Irvine research team found that an under-recognized genetic cholesterol-like particle called lipoprotein(a) can help predict future cardiovascular disease.
Apr 05, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led research team builds first tandem repeat expansions genetic reference maps
Tool gives potential to expand insight into diseases, neurological disorders and cancers.
Apr 01, 2024 | UCI Health
UCI Health study finds regional infection control collaboration reduced infections and deaths from antibiotic-resistant organisms
Protocol also reduced the number of difficult-to-treat superbugs in the study region.
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UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers are part of a collaborative team with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard that has developed a new and highly efficient delivery system for therapeutic CRISPR/Cas9 prime editor (PE) constructs called PE-engineered virus-like particles (eVLPs).
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Apr 10, 2024 | National Geographic
What's the right way to wean off antidepressants?
Bryan B. Shapiro, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, talks to National Geographic about antidepressant withdrawal. This article is available to subscribers only.
Apr 09, 2024 | Huntington's Disease News
New genetic database may help in better understanding Huntington’s
Huntington's Disease News covers recent UCI-led research on the first tandem repeat expansions genetic reference maps, a tool to study mutations connected to several human diseases, including Huntington's.