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Aug 06, 2024 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine-led team reveals how TREM2 genetic mutation affects late-onset Alzheimer’s
Researchers led by the University of California, Irvine have discovered how the TREM2 R47H genetic mutation causes certain brain areas to develop abnormal protein clumps, called beta-amyloid plaques, associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Their first-of-their-kind insights into brain effects could yield new targets for early intervention.
Aug 05, 2024 | Healthline
Aspirin Use May Help Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Jason Zell, DO, associate professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine, comments on a new study and how its findings may not be strong enough to change recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
Aug 05, 2024 | Voice of OC
Orange County Grapples With Summer COVID Wave
Shruti Gohil, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, talks about the increasing rate of COVID-19 in Orange County.
Aug 04, 2024 | Business Insider
American's corporate gerontocracy
Mark J. Fisher, MD, professor in the Departments of Neurology and Anatomy & Neurobiology, and director of the UCI Center for Neuropolitics, talks about cognitive decline and how it tends to manifest at different speeds and in different ways.
Aug 04, 2024 | Health Digest
Waking Up To Pee This Many Times Could Be A Warning Sign For Your Prostate
Faysal A. Yafi, MD, associate professor in the Department of Urology, explains to Health Digest about an enlarged prostate, otherwise known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Aug 02, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Biological Chemistry Professor Named a 2024 Pew Scholar
Cholsoon Jang, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry at UC Irvine School of Medicine, has been named a 2024 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
Gulab Zode receives 2024 Research to Prevent Blindness Stein Innovation Award
Gulab Zode, PhD, professor of ophthalmology in the UC Irvine Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, recently received the prestigious Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Stein Innovation Award.
Aug 02, 2024 | UC Irvine News
Decreasing Asian American health disparities
Sunmin Lee, ScD, professor of medicine at UC Irvine School of Medicine, is a social epidemiologist focusing on health disparities faced by the Asian American population.
Aug 01, 2024 | Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Kudos | August 2024
Our department recognizes the achievements of our faculty, postdocs and students in our monthly “Kudos" announcement.
Aug 01, 2024 | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Evolution of Biologically Related Living Kidney Donation in the United States from 1988 to 2022
A research team led by UCI School of Medicine Associate Professor Fawaz Al Ammary, MD, PhD, conducted a retrospective study investigating the factors associated with the steady decline of biologically related living kidney donations in the United States over the past twenty years and what efforts can be taken to break down barriers to these types of donations.