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Nov 09, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers discover how to better support lab grown muscle cells after transplantation.
Researchers now have the recipe required to make muscle in the lab which can be used to treat a broad range of debilitating muscle disorders.
Nov 06, 2023 | Graduate Studies
UCI School of Medicine's PhD Orientation 2023
UCI School of Medicine welcomes 36 new PhD students for the fall of 2023.
Nov 01, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
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.
In Memoriam: Kenneth M. Baldwin, PhD
A founding member of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, which was originally named: Functional Correlates B, Dr. Baldwin was recruited in 1973 to join the faculty at UCI.
Oct 02, 2023 | UCI News
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine cites UCI’s Phillip Felgner
Phil Felgner, PhD, professor in residence in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and director of the Vaccine Research & Development Center, is noted for his contribution to mRNA vaccines.
Sep 19, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
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.
Jul 28, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
Philip Felgner, PhD, Receives the Better World Award
Philip Felgner, PhD, professor in residence in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and pioneer in the development of lifesaving mRNA vaccines, is this year’s UCI Academic Senate's recipient for the Better World Award.
Jun 28, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
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.
Jun 21, 2023 | Futurity
Traditional medicine plant extracts may treat ataxia
A new UCI-led study finds that plant extracts used by indigenous people hold promise for the treatment of ataxia.
Jun 21, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
A UCI-led study found that plant extracts used by indigenous people hold promise in treatment of ataxia
The plants contain the first-known compounds to reverse dysfunction caused by gene mutations underlying specific neuromuscular and coordination problems.