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Jul 06, 2021 | American Epilepsy Society
Laura Ewell, PhD, Receives Junior Investigator Award from American Epilepsy Society
Jun 30, 2021 | NIH Director's Blog
Celebrating the Fourth with Neuroscience Fireworks
There’s so much to celebrate about our country this Fourth of July. That includes giving thanks to all those healthcare providers who have put themselves in harm’s way to staff the ERs, hospital wards, and ICUs to care for those afflicted with COVID-19, and also for everyone who worked so diligently to develop, test, and distribute COVID-19 vaccines.
Jun 25, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Loss of circadian regulation allows for increase in glucose production during lung cancer progression
New study identifies possible therapeutic target to suppress cancer cell growth
Jun 23, 2021 | UC Irvine News
UCI professor wins Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award for scientific research
Philip Felgner is one of seven honored for contributions to designing COVID-19 vaccines
Jun 23, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
New study finds abnormal response to cellular stress is associated with Huntington’s disease
A new University of California, Irvine-led study finds that the persistence of a marker of chronic cellular stress, previously associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), also takes place in the brains of Huntington’s disease (HD) patients.
Jun 22, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Study finds most common protein in blood is instrumental in enabling human fertilization and fighting infection
Albumin activates a proton channel leading to human sperm capacitation and sustained release of inflammatory mediators by neutrophils
Jun 18, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Study reveals new therapeutic target for C. difficile infection
A new study paves the way for the development of next generation therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of healthcare-acquired gastrointestinal infections and death in developed countries.
Jun 10, 2021 | La Opinión
Se aferró a su sueño de ser doctora y 22 años después lo logró
Cuando comenzó la pandemia por el Covid-19, Axana Rodríguez-Torres —quien en ese entonces era estudiante de medicina— fue testigo de la caótica situación dentro del hospital UCI Medical Center del condado de Orange.
Jun 08, 2021 | Researchers Discover Potential Biomarker for Progressive MS, Neurodegeneration
Researchers Discover Potential Biomarker for Progressive MS, Neurodegeneration
Deficiency of N-acetylglucosamine and its isomers appears to correlate with multiple sclerosis, particularly progressive MS, and neurodegeneration, according to a new study published in JAMA Neurology.
Jun 04, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
World-renowned researcher Vladimir Kefalov joins UCI Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology & Biophysics
After a nationwide search, Vladimir Kefalov, PhD, has been appointed professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology & Biophysics effective June 1, 2021.