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June 11, 2024
Jun 10, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers project cardiac benefits from weight-loss medication tirzepatide
New study finds that popular weight-loss medication may reduce the number of U.S. adults with obesity by 55 million and prevent up to 2 million heart attacks and strokes over a 10-year period.
Jun 10, 2024 | Self
How to Know When It’s Time to Swap Antihistamines for Allergy Shots
Jenny J. Lee, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Basic & Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine, shares about the cost of allergy shots.
Jun 10, 2024 | UCI News
‘Cutting the cable’ between CD8+ T and T regulatory cells enhances checkpoint immunotherapy
A UCI-led multidisciplinary research team has identified a new strategy that could enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of this therapy by targeting the communication between immune cells within the tumor, a discovery that may offer a new strategy for improving melanoma treatment.
Jun 07, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Vice Dean of Basic Research Receives Honor as a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholars
Geoffrey W. Abbott, PhD, vice dean of Basic Research and professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, is ranked No. 1 in the world for potassium channel research according to ScholarGPS.
June 4, 2024
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May 29, 2024 | UCI School of Social Sciences
UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways will celebrate program’s first graduates in June
UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways, a multipronged training program that prepares undergraduates for careers in healthcare, will celebrate the program’s first graduates this June.
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine study reveals circadian clock can be leveraged to enhance cancer immunotherapy
A multidisciplinary research team at UCI has revealed that the circadian clock can be leveraged to enhance the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitor cancer therapy, offering new avenues for prevention and treatment.