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The advance will enable scientists to follow the precise path by which T cells are formed from blood stem cells inside the thymus.

New data from the California Health Interview Survey also covers health topics related to social media, sexual violence and veterans.

Brown, a UCLA alumna and member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, died Oct. 4 at her home in Los Angeles.

The protocols are informed by L.A. County Department of Public Health requirements and recommendations from UCLA’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force.

The scientists were brought together by their shared belief that genetics could be a key to finding better approaches to the pandemic.

Since first appearing in 2011, #BCSM has been used on the social media platform more than 830,000 times.

The new protocols will take effect the week of Oct. 26. This testing is free and is mandatory for most groups.

Research brief: Even successfully treated HIV-infected adults are at increased of many diseases more commonly associated with aging.

UCLA testing found that AMBMP allowed mouse muscles to work and grow the way healthy muscle cells do.

A pioneer in cancer immunology, Dr. Antoni Ribas has devoted his career to developing and refining new therapies for malignant melanoma.

The research opens up the possibility of using drugs that simulate viruses to overcome immunotherapy resistance in melanoma.

UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative teamed up with chef Bill Yosses and the LAUSD to create an appetizing virtual summer school course.

Research brief: The new screening method looks for particular bits of DNA that have been shed by the placenta and entered the mother's blood.

Spanning medicine, math and nanomaterials, support for campus scientific studies has grown almost 40% in five years.

The findings are published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The new platform, called SwabSeq, can pool thousands of individual test samples and return accurate results in less than a day.

The group, whose 11 partners include seven UC campuses, will work to overcome challenges and barriers to prevention, treatment and vaccination.

Based on research in the California Health Interview Survey, UCLA researchers found the trend was especially pronounced among young adults.

Research brief: Before the ACA, a new study shows, 35.6% of the lowest-income families experienced burdensome costs, but this fell to 23.7% post-ACA.

One of the most effective preventive measures is germline sequencing, which can detect gene mutations known to increase disease risk.

A UCLA-led report calls for accreditation processes to include data on medical centers’ smoking cessation programs.

In very early life, sleep helps build the brain’s infrastructure, but it then takes on an entirely new decluttering role, research shows.

New research shows Californians who are in good health with little mental distress are more likely to consistently vote in local and national elections.

UCLA pulmonologist Reza Ronaghi explains how wildfires affect air quality and what precautions people can take.

UCLA researchers are making data available ahead of their typical publication in an effort to aid the state’s pandemic response.