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Oct 06, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Sanjay Gupta Shares Insight into Acupuncture from UC Irvine’s Richard E. Harris, PhD

It Doesn’t Have to Hurt, a new book by Sanjay Gupta, includes insight into acupuncture, drawing on expertise from Richard E. Harris, PhD, and his decades of research into integrative medicine.
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Oct 04, 2025 | UC Irvine News

Achieving a Brilliant Future

Largest fundraising campaign in O.C. history – raising over $2.4 billion – fuels innovation and impact, including $50 million commitment from the Quilter family to UCI MIND.
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Oct 03, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Celebrating National Latino Physician Day

Various leaders, including California’s first Latina Surgeon General, Diana Ramos, MD, inspired future doctors at an annual event celebrating National Latino Physician Day at UC Irvine.
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Oct 02, 2025 | Irvine Standard

Health Care Boom

Later this year biochemical pharmacologist Krzysztof Palczewski will lead a new Center for Translational Vision Research inside a soon-to-open, $200 million Falling Leaves Medical Innovation Foundation building dedicated to groundbreaking science.
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September 30, 2025
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Sep 29, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine

Humanizing Healthcare: UC Irvine’s Medical Humanities and Arts Program

For more than 25 years, UC Irvine has helped students maintain a human-centered perspective through its Medical Humanities and Arts Program. Launched in 1999, MHAP helps future physicians foster a “whole person” approach to care.
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Sep 27, 2025 | Earth.com

Breakthrough fat treatment shows promise to restore aging vision

The research team, led by UC Irvine, has revealed how lipids – not just light or lenses – could hold the key to protecting aging eyes.
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Sep 26, 2025 | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Pan-Cancer Immunotherapy Avoids Healthy Tissue by Targeting Glycans

In a new study researchers from UC Irvine have reported that targeting cancer-associated glycans with binding proteins can trigger tumor cell death without toxicity to surrounding tissue. “It’s the holy grail—one treatment to kill virtually all cancers,” said Dr. Michael Demetriou.

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Sep 26, 2025 | Los Angeles Times

CDC warns of dramatic rise in dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. How you can protect yourself

The NDM-CRE is a type of bacteria with a special gene that can break down powerful antibiotics rendering most drug treatments ineffective, said Dr. Shruti Gohil. “This makes these ‘superbug’ bacteria very hard to treat because they’re resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics we have."