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Jul 01, 2026 | ProBio Inc.
ProBio's AAV Manufacturing Excellence Powers UC Irvine and GlyTR Therapeutics First‑in‑Class Pan-Cancer CAR‑T Program
UC Irvine researchers and GlyTR Therapeutics have advanced a groundbreaking, first-in-class pan-cancer CAR-T platform with the potential to expand the reach of cell therapy into solid tumors.
Jun 23, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Researchers Develop a Potential Blood Test for Diagnosing ALS
UC Irvine researchers are part of an international team developing a new blood test to diagnose ALS and track its progression.
Jun 18, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
CBD to Alleviate ‘Chemo Brain’ in Cancer Survivors
A new study by UC Irvine researchers suggests that CBD can help treat “brain fog” for people with cancer-therapy-related cognitive impairments (CRCI), addressing an unmet medical need.
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The UC Irvine School of Medicine introduced its Class of 2030 at the annual White Coat Ceremony, celebrating these 125 future physicians alongside family and friends.
How does the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) manipulate our immune cells during initial infection? A new “human-tonsil-in-a-dish” model offers insights.
UC Irvine researchers Vivek Swarup, PhD, and Elizabeth Head, PhD, have received a major new award from the NIH to investigate a striking connection between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease — research that could ultimately improve our understanding of Alzheimer’s for everyone.
Aug 17, 2026 | The Scientist
How a Neuroscientist's Genetic Discovery Treated Her Daughter's Epilepsy
“Tracy is very good at bringing scientists and clinicians with very different scopes of expertise to all work together,” said Jennifer Gelinas, a UCI Health neurologist, a pediatric epileptologist and scientist at the University of California, Irvine. “She has been really transformative in terms of helping patients and families to understand their diagnosis, to know what options are available to them, [and] to have a sense of agency and ownership,” said Gelinas.
Aug 14, 2026 | Everyday Health
Is Your Cold Actually COVID? What to Know as the Summer Surge Begins.
“We may anticipate an upswing over the next few weeks before rates come back down as fall approaches,” says Shruti Gohil, MD, associate medical director in the division of epidemiology and infection prevention at UCI Health in Orange, California. … “For most healthy people, given that the new COVID-19 vaccine is imminent, it seems reasonable to await the newest formulation,” says Gohil.