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Jul 10, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI child neurologist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram is awarded $15 million Conte Center grant
NIH funding supports continued research into early-life origins of mental disorders
Jul 08, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone
New, safer approach using engineered stem cells could reduce need for chemotherapy
Jul 08, 2019 | Wired
Waze Data Can Help Predict Car Crashes and Cut Response Time
Waze users notify the app of crashes an average of 2 minutes, 41 seconds before anyone alerts law enforcement.
Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism Newsletter - Summer 2019
Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism highlights from the Summer 2019, including recent research, collaborations, members, events and accomplishments.
July 01, 2019
Jul 01, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers to join national effort to build atlas of human breast cells
University of California, Irvine researchers will help lead an unprecedented national effort to document the intricate cell types and states in breast tissue that underlie cancer. Compilation of the Human Breast Cell Atlas will be supported by a $4 million Seed Network grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Jun 27, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
Researchers discover new way to discriminate between mutations responsible for promoting cancer growth and those that are not
Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations (driver mutations) that promoted cancer progression. A new University of California, Irvine-led study indicates this is not always true.
Jun 08, 2019 | Department of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology Team at the UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge
The Department of Radiation Oncology was well represented at the 3rd Annual Anti-Cancer Challenge, a community movement that unites people through rallies, training events and other activities to raise awareness and funds to defeat cancer.
Jun 06, 2019 | California Healthcare Foundation
PRIMEd for Health: California Medical Schools Focus on Underserved Communities
Growing up poor near the Mexican border gave Karla Garcia, MD, MPH, insight into the daily struggles faced by Latinos with low incomes. After her medical training, Garcia returned to the community where she grew up to practice family medicine at San Ysidro Health, which serves San Diego County through a network of clinics near the border.
May 30, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI research helps shed new light on circadian clocks
Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, studies show
May 22, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
NEW STUDY SHOWS CROWDSOURCED TRAFFIC DATA COULD SAVE LIVES APP-USERS POST CRASH ALERTS MINUTES BEFORE THEY ARE REPORTED TO CHP
A new University of California, Irvine-led pilot study finds, on average, Waze "crash alerts" occur two minutes and 41 seconds prior to their corresponding California Highway Patrol (CHP)-reported crash. These minutes could mean the difference between life and death.