Sep 01, 2026 | Knowridge

Damaged Blood Cells May Trigger Tiny Brain Bleeds

Scientists have discovered a possible new cause of tiny areas of bleeding in the brain. … The study was led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, including Dr. Mark Fisher and Dr. Xiangmin Xu. Their findings were published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Sep 01, 2026 | Women's Health

What Doctors Want You to Know About the New 'Personalized' Cancer Vaccine Making Headlines

According to Philip Felgner, PhD, a DNA and mRNA-based vaccine development expert at UC Irvine, “This is the first large phase 3 study to demonstrate meaningful clinical benefit from an individualized mRNA cancer vaccine."

Aug 31, 2026 | PsyPost

Blood Markers Reveal Two Separate Inflammatory Pathways Driving Alzheimer’s Disease

“There is growing evidence that inflammation and the brain’s immune response play an important role in Alzheimer’s disease, potentially well before symptoms emerge. But the literature has been somewhat inconsistent,” said study co-authors Michael A. Yassa, the James L. McGaugh Endowed Chair, and director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine.

Aug 25, 2026 | AARP

Bill Ritter, Captain Sully, Danny Glover and the New Reality of Alzheimer’s

“We often only talk about or see people who are in more advanced stages, where it’s quite obvious that they’re impaired. But there are lots of people who are still [in] very mild [stages] and still functioning well in society and able to do most of their day-to-day activities without too much difficulty,” says Hayley B. Kristinsson, a [UCI Health] neuropsychologist and Alzheimer’s researcher at the University of California, Irvine.