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May 29, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Save the Brain, Kill the Cancer: Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Treatment for Glioblastoma Patients
UC Irvine researchers find that human neural stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) improve cognitive function following glioma chemoradiation therapy.
May 15, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC Irvine Researchers Discover Cellular ‘Tug-of-War’ That Shapes How Our Genes Are Expressed — With Potential Implications for Cancer Drug Safety
The study shows that two crucial steps in processing genetic messages — splicing and 3′ end processing — actively compete with each other to shape what RNA molecules are generated.
May 14, 2026 | UC Irvine News
W. M. Keck Foundation Gives $1.2 Million to UC Irvine to Support Early-Career Scientists
Six research teams, including one from the School of Medicine's Department of Physiology & Biophysics, were awarded bridge funding to sustain innovation amid federal funding uncertainty.
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Graduate students got the red-carpet treatment, becoming celebrities for a day while spotlighting research achievements and socializing with faculty, staff and alumni at this year’s Oscars-themed Grad Day.
May 16 kicked off commencement season for the UC Irvine School of Medicine, with Dean Michael J. Stamos welcoming the MD class of 2026 — and their biggest supporters — to the Bren Events Center.
Crystal M. Glover, PhD, and Ryan Gibney, MD, were honored at a May 13 luncheon as recipients of the Spring 2026 Rising Stars award, in recognition of their impactful collaborations to advance high-quality care.
May 28, 2026 | Being Patient
Treating Alzheimer's Before Memory Loss Begins
Joshua Grill joins us to discuss how new blood tests and biomarkers are changing the way researchers identify Alzheimer’s disease, including the possibility of detecting disease-related brain changes years before memory loss begins. … Grill is the director of UCI MIND and co-director of UC Irvine’s NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
May 28, 2026 | ScienceDaily
Forget LASIK: Safer, Cheaper Vision Correction Without Lasers or Surgery
Researchers from Occidental College and the University of California, Irvine have been developing an experimental technique called electromechanical reshaping (EMR). … "The whole effect was discovered by accident," explains Brian Wong, a professor and surgeon at the University of California, Irvine. "I was looking at living tissues as moldable materials and discovered this whole process of chemical modification."