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The 641 procedures included kidney, pancreas, lung, heart and intestine transplants. UCLA Health continues to lead this year.

Joan and Jerome Snyder’s gift will establish an endowed faculty chair in the department of ophthalmology; the couple have supported a wide range of programs across the campus.

The findings open up possibilities for new therapies to treat such conditions as osteoporosis and skeletal aging.

UCLA urologist Dr. Shlomo Raz restored sensation in a woman’s lower body by performing an innovative procedure.

A research team led by a UCLA bioengineer has created a model to predict the effectiveness of potential treatments to help the immune system.

The study is the first to examine intergenerational behavioral effects of adverse childhood experiences.

More than one-third of Americans are chronically sleep-deprived. UCLA researchers are at the leading edge of exploring the consequences and possible remedies.

A UCLA neurologist offers 7 tips for those of us who spend too much time awake.

Hussein El Kerdi looked like a healthy baby boy, but his immune cells lacked an important enzyme. His family traveled from Lebanon to UCLA seeking a cure.

Two discoveries — one in the brains of people with heroin addiction and the other in the brains of sleepy mice — shed light on chemical messengers that regulate sleep and addiction, UCLA researchers say.

Rachelle Crosbie-Watson is researching new drugs that one day may halt the progression of the deadly childhood muscle-wasting disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The availability of such cells — with properties similar to those from humans and other animals — should help scientists accelerate research on therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Eight specialties placed in the top 50 nationally: nephrology, orthopaedics, neurology/neurosurgery, gastroenterology, cancer, urology, cardiology and neonatology.

Through a partnership, South African doctors shadow UCLA physicians in Los Angeles and then return to their home country to put into practice what they’ve learned.

The new work will continue a study that began in 2013 with a $7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

The funds will support pediatrics faculty who are focused on enhancing quality of life for people with cerebral palsy, autism, and other developmental and behavioral challenges.

Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez have been selected among 22 early career researchers for the awards which provides funding for work advancing human health.

The findings help explain the connection between HDL cholesterol and reduced cancer risk, and suggest that a similar compound may be an effective therapy in humans.

The team performed a staggering 363 kidney transplants in 2017, more than any other transplant center in the United States, according to data.

Forbes ranks UCLA Health No. 43 in the nation among all industries; and Becker’s Healthcare lists it among the 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare for 2018.

“Our physicians exemplify — every day — UCLA Health’s mission of delivering leading-edge patient care, research and education,” said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health.

The awards, which total nearly $2.3 million, will support work by professors at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

A detailed view of its core may lead to the development of targeted drugs.

Some 200 UCLA medical students received their diplomas Friday, June 1, in Dickson Court at the 64th annual Hippocratic Oath Ceremony for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Instructors from the American Heart Association taught more than 700 guests how to perform hands-only lifesaving techniques.