Health Sciences
February 22, 2012
Newly approved drug for metastatic melanoma nearly doubles median survival
The "big impact" of the drug, said UCLA's Dr. Antoni Ribas, will change the way this deadly form of skin cancer is treated.
February 22, 2012
UCLA engineers create cell phone-based sensor for detection of E. coli
The lightweight, inexpensive cell-phone attachment can quickly find evidence of the dangerous bacterium in food and water samples.
February 21, 2012
Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts survival odds
When several key therapies were used in combination, UCLA researchers saw improvments of up to 90 percent in the odds of survival over two years.
February 17, 2012
UCLA discovery that migrating cells 'turn right' has implications for engineering tissues, organs
In the lab, vascular cells showed a tendency to turn right by 20 degrees when encoutering changes in their path, forming diagonal, tissue-like stripes.
February 15, 2012
School of Public Health receives $50 million gift, largest in school's 50-year history
In recognition, the school will be renamed for the donors, faculty member and public health leader Dr. Jonathan Fielding and his wife, Karin Fielding.
February 15, 2012
Tool assessing how community health centers deliver 'medical home' care may be flawed
A UCLA study found there was no relation between how well a health center scored on a national assessment and the quality of diabetes care it provided.
February 15, 2012
Parent-training intervention curbs pediatric obesity rates, study shows
"This is the first pilot intervention study that reversed the weight gain seen in preschool Latino children living in low-income families," said UCLA's Dr. Wendy Slusser.
February 14, 2012
Radiation generates cancer stem cells from less aggressive breast cancer cells
If this transformation can be prevented, researchers say, radiation treatment for breast cancer could become even more effective.




























