UC San Francisco |
Video games offer the potential of ‘experiential medicine’
After a decade of work, scientists at UC San Francisco’s Neuroscape Center have developed a suite of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in aging adults.
UC Davis Health |
World’s first stem cell treatment for spina bifida delivered during fetal surgery
Groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis and other abnormal functions of spina bifida before birth.
UC Santa Cruz |
Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture
A grant of more than $700,000 from the USDA will support a UC collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.
UC San Diego |
Why are prescription drugs so expensive? It’s not necessarily high R&D, new study shows
Pharmaceutical companies claim they need to charge high drug prices to recover the costs of research and development, but researchers found no link between the two.
UC San Diego, UC Irvine |
UC San Diego, UC Irvine and others seek to map the human brain over a lifetime
The new Center for Multiomic Human Brain Cell Atlas will seek to describe in unprecedented detail the molecular features of the brain’s billions of cells, where each is located and how they change with age.
UC Office of the President |
UC announces recipients of inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award
The University of California awarded two foster youth students the inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award. William Carter, a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student, and Mary Tran, a UCLA law student, were presented with their awards by UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and UC Regents Chair Richard Leib at a meeting of the UC Board of Regents at UC San Diego.
UC San Diego |
Father’s life is saved after receiving heart, kidney and liver transplant
The triple organ transplant is the first in the nation to use three organs from a donor after circulatory death using an innovative approach for organ recovery.
UCLA |
These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children
UCLA-led research links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.
UCSF |
How our eye movements during sleep correspond to what we look at in our dreams
Multiple brain regions coordinate to conjure wholly imagined worlds in our sleep, study shows.
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |
How we misunderstand anxiety and miss out on its benefits
How feeling anxious can give us motivation and insights about ourselves, if we respond to it the right way.
UC Irvine |
The sleep detectives
UCI Health’s one-stop Sleep Center treats slumber disorders of every stripe.
UC San Diego |
Physical activity may have a stronger role than genes in longevity
Can you extend your lifespan by exercise, no matter what your genetics say?