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Jan 05, 2026 | UC Irvine News
Greenland Shark Study May Lead to New Ways to Preserve Vision as We Age
“One of my takeaway conclusions from the Science paper was that many Greenland sharks have parasites attached to their eyes – which could impair their vision,” says Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics. “Evolutionarily speaking, you don’t keep the organ that you don’t need. After watching many videos, I realized this animal is moving its eyeball toward the light.”
Dec 12, 2025 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine receives $12 million to test novel stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease
The CIRM award will support a first-of-its-kind clinical trial of a novel neural stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease.
Dec 11, 2025 | UC Irvine News
Vision Scientist Tibor Juhasz, PhD, Elected to National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has chosen two University of California, Irvine researchers to its class of 2025 fellows. Biomedical engineer Tibor Juhasz, PhD, and computer scientist Marios Papaefthymiou, PhD, are among 185 new NAI fellows elected this year.
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UC Irvine radiation oncologist Priya Mitra, MD, joins Radiating Hope on a medical mission to Ethiopia, helping expand access to brachytherapy, a lifesaving treatment for women with advanced cervical cancer.
Peter Chang, MD, has been appointed as the new director of the UC Irvine Institute for Precision Heath, effective, January 1, 2026.
Researchers from the UC Irvine School of Medicine have identified a protein involved in regulating cocaine intake. The findings suggest that blocking this protein could help address substance use disorders.
Jan 05, 2026 | Verywell Health
6 Supplements That Help You Stay Healthy Throughout the Winter
Zinc helps block viruses from multiplying in the nose and throat and supports the development and function of important immune cells, including T cells and natural killer cells, said Shruti K. Gohil, MD, a board-certified infectious diseases specialist and the associate medical director for UCI Health Epidemiology and Infection Prevention.
Dec 30, 2025 | Futurism
Doctors Say AI Use Is Almost Certainly Linked to Developing Psychosis
“They simulate human relationships,” said Adrian Preda, a psychiatry professor at the University of California, Irvine. “Nothing in human history has done that before.”