First-of-its-kind survey finds greater mental and physical ailments among children who have been in the system.
UC Irvine |
Study shows foster care is bad for your health
UC San Diego |
Scientists find way to reduce brain tumors — block cholesterol
Preventing brain cells from importing cholesterol shows promise against hard-to-treat cancer.
UC Newsroom |
10 UC members elected to National Academy of Medicine
The selection is among the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
UC Riverside |
Targeting the root cause of childhood obesity
Low-income communities of color grow healthier through community organizing.
UC Newsroom |
NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program expands to California
UC-led consortium will help recruit million-person cohort at center of federal effort.
UC Berkeley |
Gene editing marks key step toward sickle cell cure
Repairing the sickle cell mutation in stem cells holds promise for new treatment.
UC Berkeley and UCLA |
UC campuses to partner on $24 million imaging science center
UC Berkeley and UCLA will help lead the new center to improve imaging technology; UC Irvine also will participate.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
Donors help UC San Diego build region's first breast milk bank
New program will increase survival rates and help at-risk newborns fight infection.
STAT |
Peter Walter discovered a molecule that makes mice smarter. Can it heal a human brain?
A UCSF biochemist's discovery could transform our mental capacities.
UC Newsroom |
Advances in breast cancer research and treatment bring hope
From detection to treatment, UC researchers are taking aim at breast cancer.
UC Berkeley and UC Davis |
Combating antibiotic resistance
UC Berkeley, UC Davis projects among those funded by CDC in effort to preserve the power of antibiotics.
California Magazine |
Startup helps people find out what they’re drinking
A UC Berkeley team provides much needed oversight of the largest unchecked threat to water safety.