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The DNA-based discovery means the biological family Canidae has 36 members, not 35.

Public health professor Roshan Bastani, director of UCLA’s Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, joined a panel of health experts at a Zócalo event to discuss how to help low-income families stay healthy.

Five men who have been completely paralyzed for years moved their legs in a rhythmic motion, thanks to a noninvasive method of stimulating the spinal cord, UCLA scientists report.

Foster youth in UCLA First Star Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy helps lead effort to outfit Haitian soccer team at Special Olympics World Games.

For the first time in Special Olympics World Games history, cheers are ringing out from the sidelines as 225 cheerleaders from around the country converge to be part of Cheer for LA2015.

Mark Gold writes in the L.A. Times that to meet the mayor’s goal of reducing imported water by 50 percent by 2025, we must all pay more to upgrade infrastructure and invest in new projects.

A new five-year review rating the academic publishing output of department faculty puts UCLA among the nation’s very best.

In California, where bilingual instruction is largely prohibited, secondary students who don’t speak English quickly fall behind. But a project to create a bilingual online curriculum is being led by UCLA professor Patricia Gándara.

The treatment uses a chemical to block an RNA molecule that’s typically found in high levels in people with ulcerative colitis.

The UCLA Volunteer Center, which is coordinating Team UCLA’s efforts campuswide, estimates that nearly 1,000 Bruin students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters are lending their time and talents to make the games a rousing success.

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.

The UCLA Center for World Health and the LA5 Rotary Club brought together a panel of experts to talk about the failing health of the Earth and what mega-cities can do about it before an audience of 200 business peoplein downtown Los Angeles.

Caley Versfelt, a Special Olympics World Games global messenger, has gained a lot of self-confidence and important skills through Special Olympics and several UCLA programs geared toward people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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

Kareiva will conduct research into urban conservation, improving environmental communications and exploring the role of consumer choices in pushing businesses to go green.

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.

Two UCLA health care researchers say it’s about time that Medicare reimburse health providers for consulting with patients about treatment near the end of their lives.

Researchers at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability recommend that state officials adopt best practices for monitoring leaks and measuring water loss.

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

In the 47 years since Johnson helped found the games, the most important change has been in attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.

The final leg of the 2015 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics hit Westwood Thursday afternoon.

The total smashes the previous high set in 2013–14 and accelerates the momentum of the Centennial Campaign for UCLA.

The UCLA/University of Pennsylvania team won first place at RoboCup, a global robot soccer tournament held in China.

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.