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Mar 08, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
New discovery explains antihypertensive properties of green and black tea
A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel wall. The discovery helps explain the antihypertensive properties of tea and could lead to the design of new blood pressure-lowering medications.
Feb 11, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
Tuning the circadian clock, boosting rhythms may be key to future treatments and medicines
New article unravels the remarkable relationship between time-of-day and physiology
Jan 27, 2021 | UCI School of Medicine
New study points to better diagnostics for cancer
Method helps researchers identify more reliable cancer biomarkers than traditional methods
Jan 21, 2021 | UCI News
UCI to build world-class hospital on Irvine campus
UCI Medical Center will anchor new UCI Presidential Gateway featuring healing gardens, naturescapes and research preserve
Nov 12, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
New prediction algorithm identifies previously undetected cancer driver genes
Leveraging public data reveals new information about genetic and epigenetic alterations and their roles in cancer.
Oct 22, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
NIH Awards Over $100 Million to Examine Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome
The Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium – Down Syndrome (ABC-DS), a multi-institution research team, co-led by members from the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded an unprecedented five-year, $109 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand research on the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome.
Oct 21, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Cunningham tapped as new chair for UCI Pediatrics and Senior Vice President & Pediatrician-in-Chief for CHOC Children’s
Following a national search, the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and CHOC Children’s have jointly announced that Coleen Cunningham, MD, a renowned professor of pediatrics and pathology from Duke University, has accepted a dual appointment position as both the chair for the UCI Department of Pediatrics and as senior vice president and pediatrician-in-chief for CHOC Children’s.
Oct 20, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
Kristen M. Kelly, MD, appointed chair of UCI Department of Dermatology
Kristen M. Kelly, MD, has been appointed chair for the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Department of Dermatology, effective September 6, 2020.
Oct 19, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led study reveals significant restoration of retinal and visual function following gene therapy
A breakthrough study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, results in the restoration of retinal and visual functions of mice models suffering from inherited retinal disease.
Oct 15, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led 4D Nucleome project receives $3 million from NIH to map aging-associated chromatin organizational changes in human brain cells
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a team of researchers, led by the University of California, Irvine’s Xiangmin Xu, PhD, a five-year, $3 million grant for a project titled, “Single-Cell Analysis of Aging-Associated 4D Nucleome in the Human Hippocampus.”