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Jul 13, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Pickled capers activate proteins important for human brain and heart health
A compound commonly found in pickled capers has been shown to activate proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity, and may even lead to future therapies for the treatment of epilepsy and abnormal heart rhythms.
Jun 22, 2020 | UCI News
UCI Podcast: In the ER with Dr. Chris Fox
Chair of emergency medicine describes the toll COVID-19 is taking on the ER
Jun 16, 2020 | UCI News
UCI Podcast: How the LEAD-ABC program gives black medical students a ‘powerful’ voice
This August, 12 black first-year medical school students will arrive at UCI — the most ever for one class.
Jun 15, 2020
Caution urged for reopening schools to prevent spread of COVID-19 crisis
With fast-approaching preparations required for a new school year with no consensus plan yet in place, a team of clinicians, scientists and educators – including a University of California, Irvine pediatrician – stress the need for caution when re-opening America’s schools and advocate for large-scale viral testing in children, contract tracing and other actions to avoid compounding the COVID-19 crisis.
Jun 12, 2020
UCI researchers uncover cancer cell vulnerabilities; may lead to better cancer therapies
A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals a protein responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers, may also be the key to more effective, targeted cancer therapy.
Jun 11, 2020 | abc news
Medical school graduates ready to fight COVID-19 on the front lines
Students from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine shared scenes from their drive-thru commencement as they prepare to work on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 05, 2020
Newly funded COVID-19 research aims to protect the most vulnerable
UC announced the successful completion of a whirlwind effort to award $2 million in seed funding to research across the state aimed at mitigating the impact of COVID-19, particularly among those at greater risk for infection and adverse outcomes.
Jun 03, 2020 | UCI Samueli School of Engineering
Thomas Milner to Lead Beckman Laser Institute
The UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic has named Thomas Milner its third director. Milner, a pioneering developer of optical-based medical instrumentation, also will join the faculty in the departments of biomedical engineering and surgery, effective July 1, 2020.
Jun 01, 2020 | UCI News
Giving their all
Community members, local companies, philanthropists, students and alumni have rallied around UCI Health with donations of funds and personal protective equipment
May 27, 2020 | UCI News
UCI Podcast: The race for COVID testing
In the UCI Podcast, Dr. Ed Monuki, chair of pathology who leads UCI Health’s testing efforts, discusses how the campus came together to address this community need and how future testing for the coronavirus and its antibodies will play an important role with the resumption of our regular daily activities, like going back to work or the classroom.