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Apr 30, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Marco Bassetto, PharmD, PhD, Awarded Grant From BrightFocus Foundation’s Macular Degeneration Research Program
BrightFocus Foundation’s Macular Degeneration Research program recently awarded a two-year, $200,000 postdoctoral fellowship grant to Marco Bassetto, PharmD, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher for his innovative research in vision health.
Apr 23, 2026 | UC Irvine News
Dopamine Deficiency Found to Drive Memory Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease
University of California, Irvine researchers have uncovered a key mechanism underlying memory loss, pointing to a new therapeutic strategy targeting dopamine.
Apr 16, 2026 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine-led Study Achieves Brain-Controlled Walking with Artificial Sensory Feedback
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Caltech and Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a bidirectional brain-computer interface that allows a person to control a robotic walking exoskeleton using brain signals and receive artificial leg sensation through direct electrical stimulation of the sensory cortex.
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Physiology and biophysics Professor Harry T. Haigler, PhD, a pioneering cell biologist, gifted teacher and former associate dean who helped shape medical education at UC Irvine, died on May 4.
Sunmin Lee, ScD, kicks off her effort to recruit 1,800 participants for a first-of-its-kind cohort, helping researchers better understand and prevent cancer in Asian American communities.
The $100,000 grant will support Yexuan Cao's innovative research into the genetic mechanisms of childhood-onset blindness.
May 04, 2026 | UPI
Cannabis Reclassification Removes Some Hurdles for Industry
Daniele Piomelli, PhD, distinguished professor of anatomy and neurology at the University of California, Irvine, told UPI it is an acknowledgement of cannabis' medical uses.
May 04, 2026 | Live Science
Estrogen in Both the Male and Female Brain Shapes Responses to Trauma, Study Suggests
High estrogen in the brain's memory center may worsen one's resilience against traumatic events, swaying the tendency to develop memory problems or post-traumatic stress in the aftermath, a new study in mice suggests. … Although the research was conducted in mice, the authors think it likely has relevance to humans. "I think this is highly translatable," study senior author Dr. Tallie Z. Baram, a [Distinguished] professor, developmental neuroscientist and child neurologist at the University of California, Irvine, told Live Science.