Health + Behavior

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

UCLA Health’s Dr. Annabelle de St. Maurice tells us what the public needs to know about casting ballots during COVID-19.

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.

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.

A team of volunteers gathered hundreds of pounds of supplies — including masks, gurneys and robotic surgical arms — to assist those in need, now two months after the explosion.

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.

The team will investigate the mechanisms of treatment resistance, laying the groundwork for new and improved combination therapies.

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.

In pregnant mice, the maternal gut microbiata plays a key role in regulating which genes are activated in the growing brain, UCLA biologists say.

Research brief: In mice, a neural sequence in the brain's striatum acts like falling dominoes, allowing them to precisely measure short intervals.

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.

Researchers analyzing medical records detected an unexpected jump in respiratory illnesses at UCLA Health facilities at the end of last year.

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

The two-minute music video is the result of a partnership between a UCLA-led consortium called More LA Smiles and Sesame Street in Communities.

The unit “will help us build a safer, cleaner and more equitable city and world,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Scientists hope new decontamination methods can help overcome the shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 crisis.