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Nov 04, 2021 | Motherly
Got questions about the Covid vaccine for kids? Here’s a helpful FAQ for parents
Experts answer your biggest questions about Covid vaccines for kids 5 to 11.
Oct 10, 2021 | WFLA News
Should young people only get 1 dose of the COVID vaccine?
Kids, teens and young adults weighing whether to get vaccinated against coronavirus may have heard of a new side-effect to be concerned about: myocarditis.
Jun 22, 2021 | UCI 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
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.
Oct 21, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Cunningham tapped as new chair for UCI Pediatrics and Senior Vice President & Pediatrician-in-Chief for CHOC Children’s
Following a national search, the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and CHOC Children’s have jointly announced that Coleen Cunningham, MD, a renowned professor of pediatrics and pathology from Duke University, has accepted a dual appointment position as both the chair for the UCI Department of Pediatrics and as senior vice president and pediatrician-in-chief for CHOC Children’s.
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.
Mar 04, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Zombie scanning enables researchers to rapidly study peptide-receptor interactions on the cell surface
In the past, biologically-active peptides – small proteins like neurotoxins and hormones that act on cell receptors to alter physiology – were purified from native sources like venoms and then panels of variants were produced in bacteria, or synthesized, to study the structural basis for receptor interaction. A new technique called zombie scanning renders these older processes obsolete.
Feb 18, 2020
UCI researchers reveal how low oxygen levels in the heart predispose people to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias
Discovery offers new targets for therapies aimed at preventing sudden death caused by heart attacks
Jan 24, 2020
UCI researchers identify a connection between early life adversity and opioid addiction
Individuals with a history of early life adversity (ELA) are disproportionately prone to opioid addiction. A new UCI-led study reveals why.