Pop-up institutes help medical research advance quickly, cheaply
UC Newsroom
April 3, 2018
If restaurants and retail can test new concepts with minimal investment, why not medicine?
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How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?
Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in. -
How much sugar are you really eating?
In the near future, the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods will have a new look and more information. UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope explains how this will reveal the amount of sugar that is added to our foods. -
Ebola 101
An infectious-disease expert at UC Berkeley offers a primer on the deadly Ebola virus. -
New tactics, old foe: malaria
Vector biologist Anthony James takes a fresh look at how mosquitoes transmit malaria and other diseases.
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A fruit fly walks into a bar ...
UC Merced
March 7, 2018
Fruit flies have a drinking culture, too — and it may help us understand addiction.
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Feeling hormonal? Be glad
UCLA
March 7, 2018
From puberty to menopause, women's hormones serve them well, and in ways that run counter to common belief.
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Cognitive benefits of 'young blood' linked to brain protein in mice
UCSF
February 22, 2018
Infusing old mice with the blood of younger mice leads to brain rejuvenation. UCSF researchers may now have figured out how.
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Your kid will love this: Lawrence Hall of Science's DIY Human Body app (for iPhone and iPad) helps kids discover how their bodies really work.