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UCLA researchers found that gay and bisexual black and Latino men voluntarily used health-related Facebook groups to discuss HIV and request at-home testing kits.

The UCLA-developed polymer capsule delivers cell-destroying material to the nucleus of cancer cells, inducing their death while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

Both nurtritional substances appear to boost the ability of critical immune cells to gobble up amyloid-beta and other waste products in the brain and body, UCLA researchers say.

Dying cells and cancer cells exhibited a previously unknown communication method, influencing the function of healthy cells that were in an isolated, enclosed chamber.

Jan Kempenaers' photos highlight the now-dilapidated, futuristic-looking monuments that once heralded a socialist future free of ethnic divisions and strife.

Dr. Earl Freymiller is the inaugural holder of the chair, which honors longtime supporters Bob and Marion Wilson for their generosity to the dental school.

Joshua Bloom's "Black Against Empire" recasts the Panther Party, known primarily for its approach to black self-defense, as a pioneer in worldwide revolutionary politics.

A gene thought to express the so-called heat shock protein αB-Crystallin in all cells that experience stress instead expresses it only in certain cell types, researchers say.

Researchers found that the more food and soda ads there are in a given neighborhood, the higher the likelihood that the area's residents are overweight.

The Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey polled industry professionals on how they think the market will change over the coming three years.

The gift from Hufschmid, co-founder of GlobeOp Financial Services, will provide ongoing support for the research and teaching efforts of a distinguished UCLA Anderson faculty member.

For at-risk adults who are 50 or older, the deeper their suspicion of the government, the less likely they are to get tested, a UCLA study has found.

UCLA professor Martin Monti and colleagues in Israel found encouraging, but subtle, signs of consciousness in Sharon, who has been in a vegetative state for seven years.

As part of the Human Brain Project, UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging will help aggregrate the world's data on the brain and reconstruct it in computer-based models.

When it comes to motility, Myxococcus bacteria have more in common with tectonic plates -- and trains and a host of other things -- than you might expect, researchers say.

The department, which emphasizes cross-cultural research, dance and community outreach, is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter.

The initiative, envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel, will integrate health and wellness programs across UCLA to help make healthy living a natural part of campus culture.

In the current economy, an unprecedented number of incoming college students are putting a premium on the career-related benefits of higher education, UCLA's annual Freshman Survey shows.

Scientists have now pinpointed a tiny segment of the toxic amyloid-beta protein that they believe facilitates "clumping" and the subsequent death of brain cells.

Thanks to the generosity of philanthropist Morton La Kretz, the new field station in the Santa Monica Mountains will help UCLA researchers and colleagues conduct conservation practice in the field.

Players' brains were found to have elevated levels of tau protein, a precursor to Alzheimer's and the condition known as CTE, which afflicted the late Junior Seau.

The portable, cost-effective platform, which can produce images of single nanoparticles over large sample areas, could be useful in fighting diseases in areas where medical resources are limited.

The federal government's voluntary care-coordination program was created to reduce costs while offering high-quality service to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

With nearly 100,000 applicants seeking admission for 2013, UCLA remains the most applied-to university in the country, drawing exceptionally talented students from California and beyond.

UCLA's FAME center, a multi-university partnership, aims to develop unique nanomaterials and structures that will help make semiconductors far more powerful and energy-efficient.