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Nov 20, 2023 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led study is first to find brain hemorrhage cause other than injured blood vessels
Discovery deepens understanding of cerebral microbleeds and may offer new therapeutic targets.
Nov 16, 2023 | UCI News
Diego A. Pizzagalli named founding director of UC Irvine depression research institute
Harvard researcher joins UCI to build world-class, transdisciplinary program and will hold faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the School of Medicine.
Nov 09, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers discover how to better support lab grown muscle cells after transplantation.
Researchers now have the recipe required to make muscle in the lab which can be used to treat a broad range of debilitating muscle disorders.
Sep 28, 2023 | UCI News
UC Irvine named one of CIRM’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing facilities
UCI has earned a $2 million state grant that will allow the campus stem cell center to advance regenerative medicine.
Sep 25, 2023 | UCI News
Dr. Federico Vaca to lead Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
UCI physician-scholar Federico E. Vaca, MD, MPH, professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, is lauded for research on traffic crash injuries and prevention.
Sep 14, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers announce publication of an open-label clinical trial suggesting that N-acetylglucosamine restores neurological function in Multiple Sclerosis patients
Researchers say this dietary supplement reduced inflammation and neurodegeneration markers in patients already on FDA-approved immune therapy.
Sep 11, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led research found internet searches increased for self-managed abortions when Roe v. Wade was overturned
UCI researcher, Sean Young, PhD, professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Informatics, and colleagues, have found that internet searches for how to give yourself an abortion, have increased since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Aug 29, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers discover a nanobody which may lead to treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa
A special antibody derived from llamas — called a nanobody — can stop the misfolding and the activation of Rhodopsin, a molecule whose mutations can lead to blindness.
Aug 28, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
Researchers at UC Irvine issue a warning that GLP-1RAs may be dangerous for children
The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy could threaten pediatric health.
Aug 15, 2023 | UCI School of Medicine
Recent study at UC Irvine found that semaglutide medication may benefit 93 million U.S. adults
The popular weight loss medication may prevent up to 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes over 10 years, and could result in 43 million fewer obese people.