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Jun 18, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Study reveals new therapeutic target for C. difficile infection
A new study paves the way for the development of next generation therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of healthcare-acquired gastrointestinal infections and death in developed countries.
Jun 10, 2021 | La Opinión
Se aferró a su sueño de ser doctora y 22 años después lo logró
Cuando comenzó la pandemia por el Covid-19, Axana Rodríguez-Torres —quien en ese entonces era estudiante de medicina— fue testigo de la caótica situación dentro del hospital UCI Medical Center del condado de Orange.
Jun 08, 2021
Researchers Discover Potential Biomarker for Progressive MS, Neurodegeneration
Deficiency of N-acetylglucosamine and its isomers appears to correlate with multiple sclerosis, particularly progressive MS, and neurodegeneration, according to a new study published in JAMA Neurology.
Jun 04, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
World-renowned researcher Vladimir Kefalov joins UCI Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology & Biophysics
After a nationwide search, Vladimir Kefalov, PhD, has been appointed professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology & Biophysics effective June 1, 2021.
Jun 01, 2021
UCI-led study sheds light on mysterious genotype-phenotype associations
New data contributes to knowledge about the molecular mechanisms underlying many human complex traits and diseases
May 24, 2021 | UC Irvine Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
Michael Berns, PhD, elected British Royal Society of Medicine Fellow
UCI professor of cell biology follows in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner and Sigmund Freud among many other of the world’s most eminent scientists
May 17, 2021 | UCI Health
UCI pediatric infectious disease expert says parents should get their teens immunized to protect them from COVID-19
With a COVID-19 vaccine now approved for children ages 12 to 15, parents should get their kids vaccinated, said UCI Health pediatric infectious disease expert Coleen Cunningham, MD.
May 17, 2021
Teens should get the COVID-19 vaccine, a UCI Health pediatric infectious disease expert tells parents
May 13, 2021 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
New study finds low levels of a sugar metabolite associates with disability and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
A new University of California, Irvine-led study finds low serum levels of the sugar N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), is associated with progressive disability and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS).
May 10, 2021
Inaugural SoM Lifetime Research Achievement Award (2021)