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UC Newsroom |

‘Miracle’ medicine, based in federally funded science, arrived just in time to save his life

Millions of people are alive today because of leukemia therapies that arose from UC research, including retired Army Major Melvin Mann.

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UC Newsroom |

7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.

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Yana Garcia
UC Santa Cruz |

Leading and learning to save the world

As the leader of CalEPA, alumna Yana Garcia heads California’s fight against the ongoing climate crisis.
A man pulling a giant COVID molecule
UC Riverside |

Is that a persistent cold, bad allergies … or long COVID?

Dr. Martin Schlusselberg of the UC Riverside School of Medicine explains.
Young Black girl in classroom playing with her pencil, bored
UC San Francisco |

Out of Adderall? Tips and advice during an ADHD medication shortage

Dosage and drug shifts, generics and caffeine can help kids with ADHD in a pinch.
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UC Newsroom |

How California became a food and wine lover's dream

The little known history of the land of milk and honey.
Nurse and patient conducting a mammogram, patient in front of machine
UC San Francisco |

“Smarter” breast cancer screening measures risk down to your DNA

The WISDOM study expands to women as young as 30.
Salton Sea near sunset
Berkeley Lab |

Balancing a battery-powered future with energy justice

How inclusive research could support communities around California’s Salton Sea.
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UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |

7 ways to have a healthier relationship with stress

A new book by renowned UCSF stress researcher Elissa Epel explains how stress affects our bodies at the cellular level and how to manage it better.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Resistance is futile

A new antibiotic cures superbugs without bacterial resistance.
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UCLA Magazine |

Is kindness contagious?

That’s what UCLA’s Bedari Kindness Institute wanted to find out. The answer may surprise you.
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UC Newsroom |

17 UC faculty awarded 2023 Sloan Research fellowships

The prestigious award is granted to promising researchers likely to emerge as the next generation of scientific leaders.
Dennis Hong in front of a whiteboard
UCLA Newsroom |

UCLA roboticist Dennis Hong rolls out his robot posse in a TEDx talk

“Openness, freedom, trust, having fun and truly believing what you can do to change the world” guide Hong’s new creations.
Medical student and a doctor kneeling over a CPR dummy with the app
UC San Diego |

Don’t know CPR? There’s an app for that, thanks to a UC San Diego Health doctor

A new free app arms people with a real-time tool for opioid overdoses and unconscious victims.