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UCLA study on immune cell response could lead to more effective immunotherapy
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists adapted advanced gene-editing technology to make their observations.
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UCLA Health receives $25.3 million for street medicine program caring for homeless
The state grant will help the program expand its coordination with other groups and agencies serving Los Angeles’ unhoused population.
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Healing words: How Meera Varma learned the language of mental health
With support from family, the graduate student and advocate has challenged the conversation around mental illness in English and her family’s native tongue.
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Emerging field of evolutionary medicine could address range of health conditions
UCLA researchers say the approach could help tackle cancer, antibiotic resistance and food-related disorders.
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UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital board of advisors funds endowed chair
Dr. Artha Gillis, who studies the long-term effects of early-life adversity on children, will be the inaugural chair holder.
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A mysterious object is being dragged into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center
Research by UCLA and Keck Observatory scientists concluded that the object, X7, could be a debris cloud from a stellar collision.
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Meet the Stradivari of Westwood
Dr. Daniel Lu is not only a UCLA neurosurgeon but also a skilled maker of fine violins.
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UCLA-led study explains how one of Saturn’s moons ejects particles from oceans beneath its surface
“Enceladus is giving us free samples of what’s hidden deep below,” says Ashley Schoenfeld, a UCLA doctoral student.
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UCLA receives $20 million to establish Goodman–Luskin Microbiome Center
The gift from Andrea and Donald Goodman and Renee and Meyer Luskin will fuel research in one of the most promising areas of scientific inquiry.
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Civil engineer Jonathan Stewart on the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Read the UCLA professor’s responses to questions journalists have asked about the catastrophic event.
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