UC Irvine team develops innovative MESA liquid biopsy technologies for early disease detection and prognosis

Detecting human cancers through cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in blood is a sensitive and non-invasive option. However, capturing multiple forms of epigenetic information remains a technical and financial challenge.

UC Irvine researchers discover a mechanism that controls the identity of stem cells

Scientists detect the molecular basis of totipotency and its role in embryonic development which could lead to treatment for cancer and neurological disorders.

UCI School of Medicine's PhD Orientation 2023

UCI School of Medicine welcomes 36 new PhD students for the fall of 2023.

NIH awards $4.4 million to UCI Diabetes Center to study the epigenetic mechanisms for diabetes

Qin Yang, MD, PhD, endocrinologist, director of the UCI Diabetes Center and associate professor in the Departments of Medicine, and Physiology & Biophysics, at the UCI School of Medicine, has received two NIH awards totaling $4.4 million to study the epigenetic mechanisms for diabetes. Wei Li, PhD, professor of bioinformatics in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the UCI School of Medicine, is the co-principal investigator on both awards.

UCI awarded Department of Energy grant to accelerate biomanufacturing and advance the U.S. bioeconomy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have selected a joint project between the University of California, Irvine, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, and Argonne National Laboratory researchers for funding. The project will receive $1.5 million in funding over the next three years to accelerate biomanufacturing innovation and help advance the U.S. bioeconomy.

UCI School of Medicine Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month commemorates the history and culture of the largest racial group in California, and one of the most rapidly growing populations nationwide.

Adjusting Your Body Clock May Stave Off Cancer

Selma Masri, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry, talks to Scientific American about how circadian disruption raises cancer risk.

Devon Lawson, PhD, and Kai Kessenbrock, PhD, participate in milestone Human Breast Cell Atlas Project

This milestone project is the largest-ever atlas of normal breast cells, providing an unprecedented new resource for investigators working to understand changes that occur in the tissue during cancer and other diseases of the breast.

Health Benefits Of Cannabis

Cannabis continues its rise in popularity as more and more states legalize its use either as a medical or recreational drug. Cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, but a number of medical experts and researchers appear to disagree with this decision maintained by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

UCI-led study reveals how lung cells protect themselves against RNA viral infection

A new University of California, Irvine-led study uncovers how a protein, APOBEC3B, could protects cells against many different types of RNA viruses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), SARS-CoV2, influenza virus, poliovirus and measles, helping to prevent disease. The study was published in Nature Communications.