Health + Behavior

The 2025 laureate missing the Nobel committee’s call because he was off the grid backpacking in the Rockies has already become the stuff of legend.

Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA’s annual study finds adolescents prefer relatable on-screen content.

The same cell therapy could potentially be used to treat multiple solid tumors like ovarian, pancreatic and lung cancers.

Neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce are UCLA's newest members.

Researchers say cell-free DNA can also distinguish between different neurological diseases.

Long-term follow-up shows 95% success rate, no serious complications in largest and longest ADA-SCID gene therapy study to date.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music event will run from Oct. 16–19 in the Schoenberg Music Building.

Multiple subspecialties ranked in the U.S. News & World Report assessment.

A genetic mechanism inserts mutations into key DNA hotspots that enable bacteria to adapt to new environments.

The survey received responses from more than 84,000 students from 135 colleges and universities.

The annual data release also highlights the health effects of wildfires, access to health care, hate incidents, among hundreds of other topics.

New California Health Interview Survey data help shed light on who experiences hate acts and what motivates them.

Inhalers have generated over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade.

UCLA's Louis Ignarro, one of the winners of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, was highlighted by the Washington Post.

The Laurie and Steven C. Gordon Pavilion will add 103 hospital beds after the fourth floor of the center is renovated.

The neurons, most active when a decision outcome is unknown, appear to help with decision making and flexibility.

Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology at UCLA in 1987, was one of three researchers honored for their work on the human immune system.

Dr. Beate Ritz’s research in California’s Central Valley highlights the role of the environment in the neurodegenerative disorder.

Transgender and bisexual individuals had higher rates of thinking about suicide and of psychological distress.

Fission mechanisms have implications for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders and more, UCLA research shows.

10 pediatric oncology patients at UCLA Health who were guests of Major League Baseball’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Night.

UCLA’s latest findings show how a woman’s healthy inflammatory response during pregnancy is linked with unpleasant early-stage symptoms.

The findings reveal precise viral-host interactions that could be targeted with new antivirals or vaccines.

In patient cells in culture, the gene therapy successfully restored normal alpha-globin protein production to healthy levels.

UCLA study suggests the increase can be attributed to the disaster.