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Jun 23, 2021 | UCI News
UCI professor wins Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award for scientific research
Philip Felgner is one of seven honored for contributions to designing COVID-19 vaccines
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
Jun 21, 2021
Milton Greenberg: SoM Excellence in Teaching Award 2021 for Medical Physiology and Medical Immunology Teaching; founder of a biotech company (Vivreon Biosciences)
Jun 18, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
Study reveals new therapeutic target for C. difficile infection
A new study paves the way for the development of next generation therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of healthcare-acquired gastrointestinal infections and death in developed countries.
May 10, 2021
Inaugural SoM Lifetime Research Achievement Award (2021)
Apr 08, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
Geoff Abbott, PhD, speaks on Super Human Radio about the Antihypertensive Properties of Green and Black Tea
A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel wall. The discovery helps explain the antihypertensive properties of tea and could lead to the design of new blood pressure-lowering medications.
Mar 22, 2021
Lisa Wagar: Recipient of the 2021 Michelson Philanthropies and Science prize for Immunology. The prize recognizes the immune responses to viruses and vaccines using human tonsil organoids. Her associated essay was published in Science.
Mar 08, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
New discovery explains antihypertensive properties of green and black tea
Jan 19, 2021
Geoff Abbott: the 2021 Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Samueli Scholar
Sep 21, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Regulatory T cells could lead to new immunotherapies aimed at treating multiple sclerosis
New study finds presence of regulatory T cells enables partial recovery from paralysis.