UC Newsroom |

Smokers struggle to find jobs, get paid less

A new study supported by UC has found that tobacco use while unemployed could make job prospects go up in smoke.

UCLA |

UCLA study yields the key to effective personalized medicine

New platform optimizes drug doses to prevent organ rejection for transplant patients.

UC San Diego |

Higher levels of vitamin D correspond to lower cancer risk

Levels of 40 ng/ml or greater can make the disease as much as 67 percent less likely, UC San Diego researchers find.

UC San Diego |

Remote Italian village could harbor secrets of healthy aging

UC San Diego is the first to study the lifestyle of 300 residents, all over 100 years old.

UC San Diego |

What elephant seals can tell us about using carbon monoxide to heal

What sea animals share with heavy smokers could lead to new therapies, a UC San Diego study says.

UC Davis |

Cancer gene twice as likely to be defective in children with autism

A tumor suppressor is found missing in many autistic children and their fathers by UC Davis researchers.

UC San Diego |

New UC San Diego center will focus on heart health among Latinas

$3.7 million research initiative to explore factors contributing to higher cardiovascular disease risk.

UC San Francisco |

UCSF schools lead nation in NIH biomedical research funding

UC San Francisco's four schools receive the highest awards for the third year in a row.

UC Santa Cruz Magazine |

Building a ladder to a cure

UC Santa Cruz researchers open a new front in the treatment of pediatric cancer.

UC San Francisco |

Study suggests ‘emotional health’ implicated in dementia

Risk may be almost doubled by escalating depression in the elderly, according to UC San Francisco research.

UC San Francisco |

New UC San Francisco neuroscience building meets approval

UC regents sign off on a plan to construct additional facility for UCSF's world-class program.

UC Newsroom |

Thrills, tears and jubilation mark Match Day

Years of medical school build up to this one moment - when students across the country tear open their envelopes and learn where they will train as resident physicians for the next three to five years.