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Jan 27, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Giving the Green Light After Stem Cell Repair
Could understanding how a certain protein, C1q, regulates neural stem-cell activity be the key to developing treatment options that give the central nervous system time to repair itself when needed?
Jan 26, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Mapping the Human Retina Fast-Tracks Vision Research
Through the international Human Cell Atlas initiative, development of the most comprehensive human retina cell atlas to date is accelerating research into retinal disorders.
Jan 23, 2026 | The New York Times
What Doctors Want You To Know About Suppplements
"The supplement industry is essentially unregulated, so you’re basically taking a gamble any time you’re taking one of those products,” said Brian Hitt, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.
Jan 23, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Pioneering Research to Prevent and Reverse Blindness
Questioning the irreversibility of retinal death, new research supports preclinical studies in vision restoration by establishing infrastructure, technology and protocols that could pave the way for human donor eye transplantation.
How To Protect Yourself In Extreme Cold
"Cold affects every organ system,” said Dr. Isabel Algaze Gonzalez, an emergency medicine physician at the University of California, Irvine. Low temperatures can also raise people’s blood pressure within just 20 minutes of exposure.
Jan 22, 2026 | Medical Xpress
Researchers Find Differences Between Two Causes of Heart Valve Narrowing
"For decades, mitral stenosis has been assessed using a one-size-fits-all approach," said senior co-author of the study Arash Kheradvar, UC Irvine professor of radiological sciences, biomedical engineering and medicine.
Jan 22, 2026 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine Researchers Find Differences Between Two Causes of Heart Valve Narrowing
University of California, Irvine and Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health researchers have identified fundamental structural and functional differences between two major causes of mitral valve stenosis. This narrowing restricts blood flow through the heart. Findings point to new ways of diagnosing and treating the condition.
Jan 21, 2026 | Medscape
Inequalities in Treating Asian Americans for Heart Failure
Andy Y. Lee, MD, an assistant clinical professor at UC Irvine, noted that these patients highlight a persistent systemic failure of healthcare databases to capture the diversity of Asian American populations — despite federal standards for disaggregating Asian subgroup data having been issued in 2011.
Jan 21, 2026 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine Receives its First ARPA-H Award to Advance Lymphatic Imaging, Precision Care
UC Irvine has received its first award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, launching a major effort to improve how doctors detect and treat diseases of the lymphatic system. This $7.45 award will support the development of noninvasive assessment technology.
Jan 21, 2026 | MSN
Greenland Sharks Can Survive For Centuries In The Dark, and They Could Hold Clues to Preserving Human Vision
"[As a Greenland shark,] you don't have high resolution," said Dorota Skowronska-Krawcyzk, a co-author of the study and a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine. "You see light and darkness, but you don't really see the shapes very well, or you cannot distinguish probably fast movements." After analyzing genetic material from some of the eyeballs more closely, the team realized that the genes ERCC1 and ERCC4 could be why the sharks' vision has lasted so long.