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November 05, 2009

UCLA awarded $12M for teacher preparation, professional development programs

The grants to UCLA's Center X will fund programs designed to support teachers' development and boost student achievement at low-income Los Angeles schools.
November 04, 2009

Astellas, Medivation to develop, commercialize MDV3100 for treatment of prostate cancer

Michael Jung, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his research group designed and synthesized the molecule that has become Medivation's investigational prostate-cancer drug.
November 03, 2009

UCLA researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin

The laboratory research could potentially lead to the development of other compounds with similarly beneficial effects.
October 30, 2009

Why do animals, especially males, have so many different colors?

In new research, UCLA scientists claim that "secondary sexual traits" like coloring may let animals know which species to avoid fighting.
October 28, 2009

State awards $49.2 million to UCLA stem cell scientists to develop new therapies for disease

Three scientists were awarded major grants to translate leading-edge stem cell science into new therapies for sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer.
October 26, 2009

UCLA historian attempts to revive reputation of Union general, Reconstruction president

In a new book, UCLA historian Joan Waugh argues that Ulysses S. Grant deserves to be remembered with as much reverence and gratitude as Abraham Lincoln.
October 21, 2009

Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care, study finds

The feeling of stigmatization patients often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll — it may also lead to negative health outcomes.
October 19, 2009

Nanosystems institute at UCLA, Photron to collaborate on specialized instrumentation

Photron USA has donated three state-of-the-art motion analysis cameras for use in the California NanoSystems Institute's Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy (ALMS) lab.

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