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Feb 07, 2023 | UCI News
UCI School of Medicine associate professor awarded 19th Japan Academy Medal
Kei Igarashi, associate professor of anatomy & neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, has been named one of six scholars to win the 19th Japan Academy Medal.
Jan 17, 2023 | UCI News
UC Irvine, UCLA researchers identify new therapeutic approach to prevent ARDS
A novel peptide designed by University of California, Irvine researchers has been found to suppress the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Their study, which appears in iScience, describes the first specific treatment designed to prevent the deadly disease, which can appear in patients with severe lung injury from infections with bacteria and viruses, like pneumonia, flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19.
Dec 21, 2022 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led study links metabolism changes in certain brain cells to Huntington’s disease — Findings show high-dose thiamine and biotin treatments can restore normal processes
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has linked the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease to developmental deficits in the brain’s oligodendrocyte cells that are caused by changes in metabolism.
Dec 19, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led study shows cognitively impaired degu is a natural animal model well suited for Alzheimer’s research; Chilean degu rodents display behavioral and neuropathological features that resemble human Alzheimer’s Disease
Led by researchers from the University of California at Irvine, a new study reveals that a long-lived Chilean rodent, called Octodon degus (degu), is a useful and practical model of natural sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease.
Dec 08, 2022 | UCI News
Two UCI researchers named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors
Philip Felgner and Payam Heydari recognized for innovations that benefit society
Nov 21, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine
New UCI-led study shows repeated stress accelerates aging of the eye
Retinal aging caused by stress produces symptoms similar to those resulting from natural aging
Nov 15, 2022 | UCI News
UCI’s Oswald Steward to serve as president of Society for Neuroscience
Director of Reeve-Irvine Research Center is fourth faculty member to hold prestigious post
Oct 27, 2022 | UCI News
UCI earns designation as CIRM Alpha Clinic with five-year, $8 million grant
Campus will launch micronetwork focused on expanding stem cell clinical trial access
Oct 24, 2022 | UCI News
Estée Lauder endowment will establish epigenetics fellowship at UCI
Award honors late professor-researcher Paolo Sassone-Corsi and his groundbreaking work
Sep 26, 2022 | UCI News
UCI awarded $13.8 million federal contract to profile lipid nanoparticles
Findings will increase understanding of vaccine immune responses and side effects.