The FDA fast-tracks a treatment shown to improve lung cancer survival rates by 20 percent.
The Sacramento Bee |
Cancer drug tested at UC Davis offers new hope for patients
UCSF |
Free to be he, she, they
UCSF’s pioneering Child and Adolescent Gender Center is helping a growing number of families with gender identity.
UCLA |
Scientists find biomarkers that could drive better cancer survival estimates
UCLA research may also help scientists suppress dangerous genetic sequences.
UC Newsroom |
A low-tech way to protect sugar cane workers
UCSF global health student's effort helps Central American communities facing epidemic of early deaths.
UC Merced |
Medical students reach out to create a healthier valley
A UC collaboration brings together future physicians to help underserved communities.
Orange County Register |
UC Irvine study taps brains of high school football players to better understand head injuries
Researchers want to find out how early trauma appears.
UCLA |
Some Asian Americans are predisposed to want more carbs
UCLA research could point toward strategy for combating rapidly increasing obesity rate among those of Asian descent.
UCLA |
Nursing student, cancer survivor draws on experience to help patients
A 2016 graduate from the UCLA School of Nursing pays it forward to others.
UC San Francisco |
Looking for a better way to die
Several experts at UCSF offer comment on the new California end-of-life law.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Copper is key in burning fat
UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab research points to possible link between deficiency and obesity-related diseases.
UC San Francisco |
Tarantula toxins offer key insights into neuroscience of pain
Extracts from venom could be used to study disorders ranging from irritable bowel syndrome to epilepsy, UCSF finds.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
‘Human-on-a-chip’ could replace animal testing
Scientists at Livermore Lab are replicating four major biological systems that are vital for life.