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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.
May 22, 2019
NEW STUDY SHOWS CROWDSOURCED TRAFFIC DATA COULD SAVE LIVES APPUSERS POST CRASH ALERTS MINUTES BEFORE THEY ARE REPORTED TO CHP
May 13, 2019 | UCI News
Study touts new method to reduce cognitive side effects of brain cancer radiation treatment
In hopeful news for brain cancer patients, researchers from UCI led by Charles Limoli, PhD, in collaboration with investigators from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, have discovered how an experimental technology called FLASH radiotherapy dramatically reduces the adverse cognitive side effects unleashed by traditional radiation treatments.
Apr 26, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
A physician-scholar first
UCI grad student Sarah O’Dell is pursuing both an M.D. and a doctorate in the humanities
Apr 23, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
John Christian “Chris” Fox, MD, appointed chair of the UCI School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine John Christian “Chris” Fox, MD, has been appointed chair of the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, effective immediately. He served as interim chair since 2017.
Apr 22, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI to establish skin biology, diseases resource center with $4 million NIH award
With nearly $4 million in funding from the National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, the University of California, Irvine will establish the UCI Skin Biology Resource-based Center.
Apr 18, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
New UCI-led study defines when is the best time to exercise to get the most rejuvenating results
A new study led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine finds exercising in the morning, rather than at night, may yield better results.
Apr 11, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led research team catalogs mitochondria deletions in the human brain using a single test
In a recent University of California, Irvine-led study published in Nucleic Acids Research, a team of scientists described a catalog of 4489 putative mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions, including their frequency and relative read rate. This catalog comprises the first comprehensive database of mitochondrial deletions derived from human brain.
Apr 09, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
Researchers discover neural patterns key to understanding disorders such as PTSD
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified for the first time an imbalance in a key neural pathway that explains how some people reactivate negative emotional memories. The finding could help scientists unlock new ways to treat psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Apr 05, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
New discovery by UCI researchers may lead to alleviation of vision-related side effects caused by erectile dysfunction drugs
In a study published in Science Advances magazine, researchers from the University of California, Irvine have captured, for the first time, the full-length structure of the rod photoreceptor phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6), an enzyme that plays an indispensable role in human vision.