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Jun 04, 2021 | UCI 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.
Jun 01, 2021
UCI-led study sheds light on mysterious genotype-phenotype associations
New data contributes to knowledge about the molecular mechanisms underlying many human complex traits and diseases
May 24, 2021 | UCI Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
Michael Berns, PhD, elected British Royal Society of Medicine Fellow
UCI professor of cell biology follows in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner and Sigmund Freud among many other of the world’s most eminent scientists
May 17, 2021 | UCI Health
UCI pediatric infectious disease expert says parents should get their teens immunized to protect them from COVID-19
With a COVID-19 vaccine now approved for children ages 12 to 15, parents should get their kids vaccinated, said UCI Health pediatric infectious disease expert Coleen Cunningham, MD.
May 17, 2021
Teens should get the COVID-19 vaccine, a UCI Health pediatric infectious disease expert tells parents
May 13, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
New study finds low levels of a sugar metabolite associates with disability and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
A new University of California, Irvine-led study finds low serum levels of the sugar N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), is associated with progressive disability and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS).
May 03, 2021 | General Surgery News
New Antireflux Technique Combines Laparoscopic, Transoral Approaches
A surgeon and gastroenterologist team from the University of California, Irvine, has developed a new approach for the treatment of antireflux disease.
Apr 21, 2021 | AARP
Minorities Receive Less Timely Dementia Diagnoses Than Whites
Study of Medicare recipients finds racial and ethnic disparities
Apr 18, 2021 | UCI News
NIH grant will fund study of novel approach to repairing permanently damaged retinas
Magdalene Seiler, Ph.D., UCI associate professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a five-year, $3,823,950 grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a preclinical study on rodent models of an innovative co-graft approach to repair permanently damaged retinas.
Apr 14, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
New discovery could lead to therapies for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A new study, led by the University of California, Irvine (UCI), reveals how chronic inflammation promotes muscle fibrosis, which could inform the development of new therapies for patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a fatal muscle disease.