UCLA |

Literature and film help teach students to understand the brain

Course combining anatomy, history and humanities provides interdisciplinary approach to studying neuroscience.

UC Berkeley |

With rise of leukemia in children, $6M grant funds search for causes

Researchers will build upon recent success linking risk of getting childhood leukemia to environmental exposures.

UC Santa Barbara |

Teaming up to combat sepsis

UC Santa Barbara scientists collaborate with UC San Diego and others to conduct biomedical research on sepsis, thanks to $12.8M grant.

UC San Francisco |

California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine announces new funding opportunity

Up to six projects will demonstrate the potential of precision medicine to help patients.

UC San Francisco |

Cutting sugar causes drop in heart disease risk factors among obese children

Study shows sweets, not calories, are culprits in cardiovascular pre-conditions.

UC Davis |

New grant further solidifies UC Davis' leadership role in translational research

$27.8 million grant award will facilitate multicenter clinical trials, expand efforts to involve patients in studies evaluating rare diseases.

UC Berkeley |

Antibiotic may block Zika virus infection of fetus

Researchers map how the Zika virus infects the developing fetus.

UCLA |

Sisters become doctors, lawyers after childhood of farm labor

Five first-generation students earn degrees and pursue a life of public service through UC.

UC San Diego |

Federal grant helps bring healthy food to low-income families

UC San Diego program to use financial incentives to provide needy households with more produce.

UC Newsroom |

University of California appoints Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Student Fellows

Inaugural class of four will lead grant-supported tobacco research and cessation projects over the next year.

UC San Francisco |

Countdown to a cure: UCSF's effort to finally defeat AIDS

Spurred by three decades of momentum and fresh funding, new tactics aim at ending - not just treating - the disease.

UCLA |

UCLA researchers develop immunotherapy to treat advanced brain cancer

Findings could lead to promising new treatments for people with glioblastoma.