Aug 25, 2026 | AARP

Bill Ritter, Captain Sully, Danny Glover and the New Reality of Alzheimer’s

“We often only talk about or see people who are in more advanced stages, where it’s quite obvious that they’re impaired. But there are lots of people who are still [in] very mild [stages] and still functioning well in society and able to do most of their day-to-day activities without too much difficulty,” says Hayley B. Kristinsson, a [UCI Health] neuropsychologist and Alzheimer’s researcher at the University of California, Irvine.

Aug 24, 2026 | GQ

The Actual Benefits of Intermittent Fasting, According to Experts

"What became known as intermittent fasting was really the concept of a window in which you consume calories,” says Ashley Koff, RD, nutrition course director for UC Irvine’s Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute’s Integrative and Functional Medicine Fellowship.

Aug 23, 2026 | Medical Xpress

Automatic Crash Alerts Should Be Standard and Free in All New Vehicles, Experts Say

"Seat belts and airbags are standard because they are safety features, not luxury services. Automatic crash notification should be treated the same way," said lead author Theresa L. Chin, MD, MPH, FACS, a trauma and burn surgeon at UCI Health. "In a serious crash, the system can tell EMS where the crash happened and provide early signs of the severity of the crash and potential for significant injury.

Aug 22, 2026 | ScienceDaily

This Shark Can Live 400 Years. Its Eyes Barely Seem to Age

Because the Greenland shark lives in the dim depths of the ocean and is often infested with parasites that attach to its eyes, scientists believed the large, long-lived species to be functionally blind. But UC Irvine researcher Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk and colleagues have disproved this, challenging what is known about aging, vision, and longevity. … "You see it move its eye," says the University of California, Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, pointing to the footage. "The shark is tracking the light -- it's fascinating."

Aug 21, 2026 | Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Lab-Grown Neocortex Models Mimic Early Brain Organization

Scientists at the University of California (UC), Irvine, have developed a new approach that lets them engineer lab-grown human brain tissue with a defined regional identity. The result is brain organoids with characteristics of either the front or back of the developing cerebral cortex that could be used in studies of how neurodevelopmental disorders develop.

Aug 21, 2026 | Phys.org

Lab-Grown Brain Models Gain a Sense of Place

"Brain organoids have become powerful tools for studying human development, but the human brain is a highly organized space," says lead author Momoko Watanabe, PhD, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology in the UC Irvine School of Medicine and a faculty member of the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.

Aug 21, 2026 | Medscape

Questions Surround Where Branded Bevacizumab Will Fit in the Retina Toolbox; It May Be a Matter of Cost

Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD, a UCI Health ophthalmologist and chair of the of Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and director of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California, Irvine, told Medscape Medical News that he plans to convert to the new formulation for his patients with nAMD when it becomes available, which may not be until next year.

Aug 17, 2026 | The Scientist

How a Neuroscientist's Genetic Discovery Treated Her Daughter's Epilepsy

“Tracy is very good at bringing scientists and clinicians with very different scopes of expertise to all work together,” said Jennifer Gelinas, a UCI Health neurologist, a pediatric epileptologist and scientist at the University of California, Irvine. “She has been really transformative in terms of helping patients and families to understand their diagnosis, to know what options are available to them, [and] to have a sense of agency and ownership,” said Gelinas.

Aug 14, 2026 | Everyday Health

Is Your Cold Actually COVID? What to Know as the Summer Surge Begins.

“We may anticipate an upswing over the next few weeks before rates come back down as fall approaches,” says Shruti Gohil, MD, associate medical director in the division of epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Health in Orange, California. … “For most healthy people, given that the new COVID-19 vaccine is imminent, it seems reasonable to await the newest formulation,” says Gohil.

Aug 11, 2026 | NBC San Diego

UC Irvine Research Study How Ibogaine May Help Treat Opioid Addiction

Researchers at UC Irvine are trying to answer one of the biggest questions about ibogaine, a psychedelic that is still illegal in the United States, but which is increasingly becoming a focus for scientists trying to unlock its potential healing power. Professor Rick Harris is the neuroscientist leading the effort, working with volunteers. “Our group is trying to understand how the ibogaine might be working to break addictive circuitry” he says