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The award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will fund a phase I/II clinical trial that will enroll 10 patients with an immunodeficiency disorder at three different U.S. locations.

Two UCLA astronomy professors are playing an important role in an international initiative to build the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

A UCLA-led study suggests that the Brain Trauma Foundation's guidelines for treating traumatic brain injuries do not guarantee better clinical outcomes for patients.

New mobile device, created with a 3D printer, analyzes blood samples and delivers results in under a minute.

Findings are the first to shed light on the genetic differences between DiGeorge syndrome patients with autism and those with psychosis.

Camp Leg Power combines creative therapeutic activities in a fun camp atmosphere with a pilot study to see if changes in the brain can be identified in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Fielding School of Public Health are participating in a new study of children with autism spectrum disorders that could help physicians diagnose and track ASD and assess treatments.

Material is easier and less expensive to make than the current standard, but had not previously been shown to emit light.

Researchers from UCLA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that extra heat from greenhouse gases has been trapped in the subsurface waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans.

With less of the protein, called p53, older epithelial cells have a hard time maintaining the integrity of their genetic material when they encounter carcinogens, which allows cancer to develop.

Because topological insulators are so tiny, scientists have, until now, been unable to fully understand how the defects impact their functionality.

Why do some youngsters bounce back quickly, while others suffer devastating side effects for years? Damage to the fatty sheaths around the brain’s nerve fibers may explain the difference.

Students’ confidence levels, P.E. enjoyment, and knowledge about fitness also increased following the program.

The finding is a major advance because the high-energy particles can be harmful for satellites and humans in space.

Results of the study provide evidence that drugs used to treat diabetes could be used to reduce tumor growth in pancreatic and prostate cancers.

New study focuses on rare DNA mutations that affect protein function.

Youths, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, experience many similar issues leading to homelessness, but providers of homeless youth services indicate some of these issues are exacerbated for youths who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning.

Sepsis accounts for roughly the same percentage of hospital readmissions in California as heart attacks and congestive heart failure — and it costs the health care system more than both of them combined.

The researchers tracked the behavior of patients and doctors before and after a 2009 policy change in a county-run health program in Orange County, California.

Scientists from UCLA and City of Hope have become the first to inhibit the mechanism of a protein that regulates a key process that causes cancer to grow.

UCLA education professor Linda Sax undertook a study to better understand who women’s college students are today and to identify how they’ve changed over time.

New version of device, designed for smaller patients, provides mechanical support until a donor heart can be found.

The findings strongly suggest that stem cell-based gene therapy with a chimeric antigen receptor may be an effective treatment for chronic HIV infection in humans.

Comedian Kate Clinton’s “coming out” remembrance, coverage of the watershed 1993 march on Washington and the story of murdered transgender teen Fred Martinez are just a few examples of the remarkable new digital portal.

The research may identify drug targets that lead to new treatments for acne.