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Mar 13, 2019 | Oprah Daily
Everything You Need to Know About Cannabis
Cannabis is everywhere these days, and to hear its proponents talk, it’s the fix for everything that might ail you. But is it? And do you need a degree in medicinal plant studies (yes, that exists) to know your CBD from your THC?
Feb 13, 2019 | AP News
Cleaning routine shows promise in curbing superbug infection
Think of it as decontaminating yourself. Hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicated goo in their nose and use special soap and mouthwash for six months after going home, a study found.
Jan 31, 2019 | ABC7
ABC7 Eyewitness News: Virtual Reality in Medical Education
ABC7 stopped by UCI School of Medicine to see how we are using virtual reality to teach medical students to be more compassionate.
Jan 25, 2019 | ABC7
UCI School of Medicine's culinary class gives doctors practical skills to help patients live healthier lives
A unique class at UCI School of Medicine called Culinary Medicine hopes to give doctors practical skills so they can help their patients live healthier lives.
Oct 01, 2018 | ScienceDirect.com
Molecular Metabolism
Advances in the field of metabolomics and the concomitant development of bioinformatics tools constitute a promising avenue towards the development of precision medicine and personalized profiling for numerous disease states.
Aug 10, 2017 | UCI News
Link between biological clock and aging revealed
In a study appearing today in the journal Cell, Paolo Sassone-Corsi, director of the Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism at the University of California, Irvine, and colleagues reveal how circadian rhythms – or the body’s biological clock – change as a result of physiological aging.
Aug 10, 2017 | PubMed
Circadian Reprogramming in the Liver Identifies Metabolic Pathways of Aging
Our findings indicate that the clock operates at the crossroad between protein acetylation, liver metabolism, and aging.
Jul 06, 2016 | Neuron
Parkinsonism Driven by Antipsychotics Originates from Dopaminergic Control of Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons
These studies illuminate the critical role of D2R-mediated signaling in regulating the activity of striatal cholinergic interneurons and the mechanisms of typical antipsychotic side effects.