Sep 08, 2022 | Precinct Reporter Group

LEAD ABC Supports Black Medical Students and Patients

The Leadership Education to Advance Diversity-African, Black and Caribbean (LEAD ABC) program trains doctors in areas that have long been ignored in the core curriculum, like racism, diversity, or even how poverty intersects with health outcomes.

Aug 01, 2022 | TODAY

Cure for hair loss? Breakthrough study may pave the way for new treatment

A single molecule may hold the key to battling male- and female-pattern hair loss, recent research suggests.

Jul 28, 2022 | Academic Minute

Tallie Z. Baram, University of California Irvine – Early Adversity and Brain Development

Early life adversities can have a lifelong impact. Tallie Z. Baram, distinguished professor in the Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Pediatrics, Neurology, and Physiology & Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine, determines why.

Jul 21, 2022 | Healthline

CBD Sales Projected to Hit $11 Billion by 2027: Is It Safe, Effective?

A data research firm says sales of cannabidiol (CBD) could reach as high as $11 billion by 2027.

Jul 19, 2022 | Icter News

How to inhibit photoreceptor death? A new way to fight pigmentary retinopathy

Why do photoreceptors in the retina die? Can this process be inhibited? Research conducted by an international team of scientists, with the participation of Dr. Andrzej Foik of ICTER, may help develop therapies to slow vision loss.

Jul 12, 2022 | Becker's Hospital Review

How UC Irvine is using precision medicine to target neurodegenerative diseases

University of California at Irvine's new Institute for Precision Health aims to use precision medicine and data to discover treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, the facility's co-director said in an interview with the university published July 11.

Jun 22, 2022 | Laboratory Equipment News

Neuroscientists Create Maps of the Brain after Traumatic Brain Injury

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered that an injury to one part of the brain changes the connections between nerve cells across the entire brain.

Jun 14, 2022 | Elseveir

Daily cannabis in adolescent mice leads to lasting changes in brain immune cells

Microglia responses to infection, social stress blunted

May 24, 2022 | Bloomberg Law

University of California Puts Teeth to Science Diversity Pledge

The University of California is the first college system to become a charter member of an American Association for the Advancement of Science initiative aimed at systemically improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the sciences, the association announced Tuesday.

Apr 30, 2022 | Spectrum News1

UC Irvine celebrates COVID-19 vaccine scientists

When the coronavirus spread to the entire globe, the world knew what scientists understood for years: a pandemic would one day grip the world.