Jun 24, 2025 | UC Irvine News

UC Irvine Study Highlights Critical Link Among High Temps, Aging and Disease Risk

Research by Saurabh Chatterjee, PhD, is the first to connect heat stress with gut and immune disruption that lowers defenses.

Jun 05, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Improved Understanding of Human Brain Development and Disorders

New findings provide a better understanding of human brain development and potentially how birth defects and neurodevelopmental disorders arise. They also inform an approach for creating stem cell-derived tools to deliver neurotherapeutics.

Jun 03, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Findings Offer Hope for Future ALS Treatment

A new study questions the belief that altered RNA splicing is the main driver of ALS. The findings suggest another aspect of RNA processing, which is the site of polyadenylation, may be equally important.

May 28, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Study Finds Home Healthcare Agencies Discontinuing Telehealth Post-Pandemic

Many home healthcare agencies adopted telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the absence of federal reimbursements for these services has led to an increasing number of providers discontinuing these options, according to a national survey conducted by the University of California, Irvine, and other institutions.

May 27, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Study Offers Insights into Cardiovascular Disease by Mapping Organ Interactions

UC Irvine researchers provide the first complete “map” of how organs interact by exchanging metabolites during cardiovascular disease progression, paving the way for organ-specific treatments or diagnostics.

May 14, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, PhD, Awarded Grant from BrightFocus Foundation’s National Glaucoma Research Program

BrightFocus Foundation’s National Glaucoma Research program has awarded Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk a research grant to investigate the cumulative role of repeated intraocular pressure elevations in epigenetic reprogramming and aging.

May 07, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Study Links REM Sleep Apnea to Brain Changes, Memory loss in Older Adults

UC Irvine researchers, including Bryce Mander, PhD, find that low oxygen levels may injure critical cerebral regions.

Apr 24, 2025 | UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences

Study Finds Brain-Based Markers Could Help Personalize Depression Treatment

New research from Diego Pizzagalli, PhD, reveals promising progress toward predicting how patients with major depressive disorder will respond to antidepressant medications using brain imaging and clinical data.

Apr 17, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Key enzyme in lipid metabolism linked to immune system aging

Decreased activity of the enzyme ELOVL2 accelerates white blood cell aging and alters the expression of cancer-associated genes, new research suggests.

Apr 16, 2025 | UCI Health

Stem-cell therapy is a 'big leap' for Parkinson's treatment

The journal "Nature" reported that a stem-cell therapy improved patients' symptoms in a clinical trial conducted by researchers at UC Irvine, and centers in New York and Toronto.