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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.
Jul 27, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
New study reveals how day- and night-biting mosquitoes respond differently to colors of light and time of day
Discovery may lead to innovation in harmful insect control
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.
Mar 06, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Using new genomic technology, UCI researchers discover breast cancer cells shift their metabolic strategy in order to metastasize
New discovery in breast cancer could lead to better strategies for preventing the spread of cancer cells to other organs in the body, effectively reducing mortality in breast cancer patients.
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 27, 2020
Bifunctional nanobodies proven effective at protecting against botulinum neurotoxins including Botox
New study reveals potential for developing novel antibody-based antitoxins against botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), including the most commonly used, yet most toxic one, Botox.