Drug combo better at preventing HIV transmission
A two- or three-drug combination given to infants of HIV-positive mothers within 48 hours of birth cut infection rates to half of what was achieved with AZT alone.
Book documents cluttered paradise of middle class
Unprecedented study of 32 families generates mountains of data on "material culture" of modern society.
UCLA statement on athletic scholarships
Athletic scholarships are awarded strictly on basis of athletic and academic ability — not financial need.
Researchers identify potential HIV vaccine target
Study of simian immunodeficiency virus yields insight into varied reaction to virus in humans.
Asthma more likely if mother smoked during pregnancy
Acute symptoms 50 percent more likely in study of 2,500 African-American and Latino children.
Paul Terasaki gets UCLA Medal
University's highest honor goes to three-time alumnus, medical pioneer and philanthropist.
Michael Douglas endows dean's chair
Actor/alumnus donates $500,000 to establish dean's chair in Humanities and Fine Arts.
Heading into zero gravity
UC San Diego students are in Houston, on a NASA plane, this week to investigate what happens in the heads of astronauts during weightlessness. They are part of NASA's Microgravity University, which offers selected students a rare chance to do research in near-zero gravity.