﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:33 GMT</pubDate><title>Research: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Archaeologists publish first map of contested sites in Middle East</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/boynter-149142.aspx?link_page_rss=149142</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/boynter-149142.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A team of archaeologists from UCLA, USC, Israel and Palestinian territories has developed the first map detailing Israeli archaeological activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem –- much of it never publicly disclosed.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355389" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Nanoparticles used in common household items cause genetic damage in mice</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nanoparticles-used-in-common-househould-112679.aspx?link_page_rss=112679</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nanoparticles-used-in-common-househould-112679.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Titanium dioxide nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, a UCLA study found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355287" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA study shows brain's ability to reorganize</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-brain-s-adaptability-112639.aspx?link_page_rss=112639</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-brain-s-adaptability-112639.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists found that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating the brain may reorganize itself in order to adapt to sensory loss. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355286" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-create-fly-paper-112652.aspx?link_page_rss=112652</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-create-fly-paper-112652.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Just as fly paper captures insects, a new device developed by UCLA researchers can grab cancer cells in the blood. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355281" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Obituary: Valerie Oppenheimer, 77, UCLA sociologist studied gender, work, marriage</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/she-looked-at-the-effects-of-u-112276.aspx?link_page_rss=112276</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/she-looked-at-the-effects-of-u-112276.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Oppenheimer, known for her pioneering research on the effects of employment trends on marriage and the family, died Nov. 2. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355185" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/can-thinking-of-a-loved-one-reduce-112176.aspx?link_page_rss=112176</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/can-thinking-of-a-loved-one-reduce-112176.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Simply viewing a picture of a boyfriend helps women reduce physical pain, UCLA psychologists report. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355181" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mike Rodewald</author><title>NanoSystems Institute at UCLA to host global symposium on nanobiotechnology</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-nano-institute-to-host-global-112208.aspx?link_page_rss=112208</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-nano-institute-to-host-global-112208.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The symposium will explore the impact of recent nanotechnology developments in health and medicine. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355180" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>FDA-approved leukemia drug shows promising activity in ovarian cancer cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fda-approved-leukemia-drug-shows-112183.aspx?link_page_rss=112183</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fda-approved-leukemia-drug-shows-112183.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The drug Sprycel inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, a UCLA study found <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355154" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/people-entering-their-60s-have-112137.aspx?link_page_rss=112137</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/people-entering-their-60s-have-112137.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers found that over a 16-year time-span, disability among those in their 60s increased between 40 and 70 percent in several areas. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355149" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Europe and America couldn't be more different, right? Not so fast, says a UCLA historian</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-questions-assumptions-112139.aspx?link_page_rss=112139</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-questions-assumptions-112139.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Marshalling data on everything from colon cancer to the accuracy of public clocks, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355140" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Funny, you don't look related</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/funny-you-don-t-look-related-ucla-112179.aspx?link_page_rss=112179</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/funny-you-don-t-look-related-ucla-112179.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA biologists and colleagues have solved the mystery of the Falkland Islands wolf, first contemplated by Charles Darwin. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355143" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Why can't chimps speak? Study links evolution of single gene to human capacity for language</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-can-t-chimps-speak-111961.aspx?link_page_rss=111961</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-can-t-chimps-speak-111961.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Findings provide insight into the evolution of the human brain and may point to possible drug targets for disorders like autism and schizophrenia.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355111" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA awarded $12M for teacher preparation, professional development programs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-awarded-14-5-million-for-111933.aspx?link_page_rss=111933</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-awarded-14-5-million-for-111933.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354969" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Astellas, Medivation to develop, commercialize MDV3100 for treatment of prostate cancer</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/astellas-and-medivation-enter-111920.aspx?link_page_rss=111920</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/astellas-and-medivation-enter-111920.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354949" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>UCLA researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-researchers-have-111812.aspx?link_page_rss=111812</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-researchers-have-111812.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The laboratory research could potentially lead to the development of other compounds with similarly beneficial effects. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354901" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Why do animals, especially males, have so many different colors?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-do-animals-especially-males-111815.aspx?link_page_rss=111815</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-do-animals-especially-males-111815.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In new research, UCLA scientists claim that "secondary sexual traits" like coloring may let animals know which species to avoid fighting. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354553" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>State awards $49.2 million to UCLA stem cell scientists to develop new therapies for disease</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/state-grants-totaling-49-19-million-111822.aspx?link_page_rss=111822</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/state-grants-totaling-49-19-million-111822.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Three scientists were awarded major grants to translate leading-edge stem cell science into new therapies for sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354493" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>UCLA historian attempts to revive reputation of Union general, Reconstruction president</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-attempts-to-revive-109861.aspx?link_page_rss=109861</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-attempts-to-revive-109861.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354412" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care, study finds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/feelings-of-stigmatization-often-111188.aspx?link_page_rss=111188</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/feelings-of-stigmatization-often-111188.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The feeling of stigmatization patients often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll — it may also lead to negative health outcomes. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354311" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>Nanosystems institute at UCLA, Photron to collaborate on specialized instrumentation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-california-nanosystems-institute-111232.aspx?link_page_rss=111232</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-california-nanosystems-institute-111232.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[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. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349851" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gwendolyn Driscoll</author><title>Nearly all Californians would potentially be insured under national health care reform</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/93-percent-of-californians-would-111330.aspx?link_page_rss=111330</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/93-percent-of-californians-would-111330.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If national health care reform is enacted, 93 percent of California's non-elderly population would have access to health insurance, according to new UCLA research. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349852" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just one week</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-time-internet-users-find-111275.aspx?link_page_rss=111275</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-time-internet-users-find-111275.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[After just a week of Internet training at home, older individusals with minimal online experience displayed brain activation patterns very similar to those of savvy Internet users. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349582" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA places advertisement in support of animal research</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-places-advertisement-in-support-111386.aspx?link_page_rss=111386</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-places-advertisement-in-support-111386.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Building on efforts to promote the importance of lifesaving research involving animals, UCLA has placed a full-page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times urging people to sign a petition. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349360" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster</author><title>Higher resource use at hospitals means reduced mortality among heart patients</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-finds-california-teaching-102440.aspx?link_page_rss=102440</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-finds-california-teaching-102440.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Variations in how hospital resources are used across the United States have been a central component of the current discussion on health care reform. A new study by the University of California's five medical centers and Cedars-Sinai... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334699" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Nicole Durand</author><title>Escaping the prison trap</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/escaping-the-prison-trap-111268.aspx?link_page_rss=111268</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/escaping-the-prison-trap-111268.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA gathered top researchers in the criminal justice field, congressional staff, a top-ranking Obama official and a California congressman to convene its first Rosenfield Forum in Washington.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334702" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:40:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Loss of tumor suppressor gene key in turning benign tumors into cancers, study finds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/loss-of-tumor-surpressor-gene-111228.aspx?link_page_rss=111228</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/loss-of-tumor-surpressor-gene-111228.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Loss or decreased expression of gene plays a central role in the transformation of benign nerve tumors into a malignant, deadly form of sarcoma. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334072" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>UCLA gets $4.8M to create Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-public-health-awarded-111156.aspx?link_page_rss=111156</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-public-health-awarded-111156.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The CDC award will fund efforts to improve the ability of public health agencies to prepare for and deal with disasters. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334701" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Breast tenderness during hormone replacement therapy linked to elevated cancer risk</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-onset-breast-tenderness-during-111045.aspx?link_page_rss=111045</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-onset-breast-tenderness-during-111045.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Women on estrogen plus progestin who developed breast tenderness at the one-year mark had a 48 percent higher risk of cancer than their counterparts who had no tenderness, a study has found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=332187" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>Study of first high-resolution images of Pallas confirms asteroid is actually a protoplanet</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-high-resolution-images-of-111163.aspx?link_page_rss=111163</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-high-resolution-images-of-111163.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Britney E. Schmidt, a UCLA doctoral student in the department of Earth and space sciences, wasn't sure what she'd glean from images of the asteroid Pallas taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. But she hoped to settle at least one burning question:... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=324627" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago, scientists report</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/last-time-carbon-dioxide-levels-111074.aspx?link_page_rss=111074</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/last-time-carbon-dioxide-levels-111074.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The study, which looked at Earth's atmosphere over the past 20 million years, suggests C02 has been an important agent in climate change. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=321557" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>UCLA center gets $4.5M in NSF funds for role in national earthquake simulation network</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-earthquake-experimental-102660.aspx?link_page_rss=102660</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-earthquake-experimental-102660.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's earthquake center will receive part of a $105 million grant given by the National Science Foundation to Purdue University to spearhead the national network. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=319296" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gwendolyn Driscoll</author><title>Insured African Americans more likely to use emergency room than other insured groups</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-are-so-many-insured-african-102349.aspx?link_page_rss=102349</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-are-so-many-insured-african-102349.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[African Americans enrolled in HMOs are far more likely to use the ER and to delay getting needed prescription drugs than HMO-insured members of other racial and ethnic groups, a new study has found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=318922" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Cardiologist honored for research on effect of air pollution on heart health</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cardiologist-receives-2-6-102696.aspx?link_page_rss=102696</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cardiologist-receives-2-6-102696.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the work of UCLA's Dr. Jesus Araujo, patients with high cholesterol may one day be told by their doctors to avoid not only fatty foods and smoking but air pollution too. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=317070" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus and Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>NIH recognizes engineering professor's innovative research with major award</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-professor-recognized-102562.aspx?link_page_rss=102562</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-professor-recognized-102562.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Imagine a cell phone that can be used to monitor diseases like HIV or malaria and to test water quality after a major disaster UCLA's Aydogan Ozcan has built it. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=306055" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gwendolyn Driscoll</author><title>Half-million low-income&amp;nbsp;elderly&amp;nbsp;affected by sweeping cuts&amp;nbsp;to state&amp;nbsp;safety net</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/half-a-million-low-income-calif-102508.aspx?link_page_rss=102508</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/half-a-million-low-income-calif-102508.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Thousands of low-income seniors are likely to lose income — and some or all of the in-home and supportive care they rely on — as state budget cuts go into effect starting Oct. 1. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=303325" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA gets $2.5M to fund development program for computer science teachers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-receives-2-5-million-grant-102576.aspx?link_page_rss=102576</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-receives-2-5-million-grant-102576.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The grant from the National Science Foundation supports a UCLA-LAUSD partnership to address the need for high-quality computer science instruction in Los Angeles public schools. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=303238" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Where religious belief and disbelief meet in the brain</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/where-religious-belief-and-non-102421.aspx?link_page_rss=102421</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/where-religious-belief-and-non-102421.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that the process of believing or disbelieving a statement, whether religious or not, seems to be governed by the same areas in the brain. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=301964" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Jonsson Cancer Center joins statewide UC collaboration to target breast cancer</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jonsson-cancer-center-joins-statewide-102564.aspx?link_page_rss=102564</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jonsson-cancer-center-joins-statewide-102564.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA center is taking part in an unprecedented collaboration to revolutionize breast cancer care by designing and testing new approaches to research, technology and health care delivery.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=300400" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Study IDs chemicals that could lead to new drugs for genetic disorders, cancer</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-identifies-two-chemicals-102506.aspx?link_page_rss=102506</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-identifies-two-chemicals-102506.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The two chemicals tell cells to ignore so-called nonsense mutations, which stop protein production and can lead to incurable diseases. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=297219" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>A target of violence</title><link>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</link><guid>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</guid><description><![CDATA[More than at any other university, UCLA faculty have been the targets of violent animal rights extremists. The work these scientists do saves lives, and the subjects of their research are treated humanely and with great compassion. But that hasn't stopped the bombs, the death threats or the predations of fanatics for whom no compromise is acceptable. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286780" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>A target of violence</title><link>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</link><guid>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</guid><description><![CDATA[More than at any other university, UCLA faculty have been the targets of violent animal rights extremists. The work these scientists do saves lives, and the subjects of their research are treated humanely and with great compassion. But that hasn't stopped the bombs, the death threats or the predations of fanatics for whom no compromise is acceptable. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286780" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Reactive oxygen levels in fruit flies act as cell signaling mechanism</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/reactive-oxygen-levels-in-fruit-102412.aspx?link_page_rss=102412</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/reactive-oxygen-levels-in-fruit-102412.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Could excessive use of antioxidants actually deplete our immune systems? UCLA research on the common fruit fly may point to an answer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286507" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Laura Perry</author><title>Record-breaking grants year for UCLA School of Nursing; funding tops $18M</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/record-breaking-grants-year-for-102185.aspx?link_page_rss=102185</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/record-breaking-grants-year-for-102185.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
The UCLA School of Nursing is well on its way to fulfilling one of they key goals Dean Courtney Lyder set when he took the reins a year ago: enhancing the school's research structure. In 2008&ndash;09, the school received 26 research grants totaling... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286455" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Rethinking Alzheimer's disease and its treatment targets</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-target-for-alzheimer-s-102065.aspx?link_page_rss=102065</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-target-for-alzheimer-s-102065.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Psychiatry professor George Bartzokis introduces a new theory about the fundamental cause of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=281428" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mike Rodewald</author><title>Top structural biologists to discuss cryo-electron micoscopy at UCLA symposium</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leading-structural-biologists-100087.aspx?link_page_rss=100087</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leading-structural-biologists-100087.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The two-day symposium brings together researchers to discuss cryoEM, a new imaging tool with major applications for nanobiology and nanomedicine. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=281580" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster</author><title>Study of UCLA hospital relocation provides insights for disaster planning</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-of-ucla-hospital-relocation-102100.aspx?link_page_rss=102100</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-of-ucla-hospital-relocation-102100.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Report explores strategies that helped UCLA's hospital reduce capacity without interrupting important services before its relocation. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=278900" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA scientists make paralyzed rats walk again after spinal cord injury</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-make-paralyzed-102098.aspx?link_page_rss=102098</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-make-paralyzed-102098.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered that with a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and exercise, paralyzed rats can walk and even run on a treadmill. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=278461" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>New NASA temperature maps provide a ‘whole new way of seeing the moon’</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nasa-temperature-maps-provide-102070.aspx?link_page_rss=102070</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nasa-temperature-maps-provide-102070.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[NASA's first-ever moon temperature-mapping effort, led by UCLA's David Paige, has returned its first data. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=268025" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>UCLA School of Dentistry to build new cancer research facility</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dental-school-to-build-new-cancer-101847.aspx?link_page_rss=101847</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dental-school-to-build-new-cancer-101847.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The NIH has awarded the dental school more than $5 million for the state-of-the-art complex, which will consolidate and expand the school's ongoing translational research on oral cancer.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=259604" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA researchers develop biomarker for rapid relief of major depression</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-develop-biomarker-101338.aspx?link_page_rss=101338</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-develop-biomarker-101338.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Using a new 15-minute test, clinicians may be able to predict within a week whether a particular antidepressant will be effective. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=249620" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Scientists discover surprise in Earth's upper atmosphere</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-discover-surprise-in-101025.aspx?link_page_rss=101025</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-discover-surprise-in-101025.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists have discovered a previously unknown mode of energy transfer from the solar wind to the Earth's magnetosphere, a finding that could help improve the safety and reliability of spacecraft. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=247813" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Recession? What recession? Unionization up on state, local levels, study finds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/recession-what-recession-unionization-101030.aspx?link_page_rss=101030</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/recession-what-recession-unionization-101030.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Against all odds, organized labor managed to make new inroads during the economic upheaval of the past year, new findings from UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) suggest. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=243905" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Avastin dramatically improves response, survival in deadly recurrent brain cancers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/avastin-dramatically-improves-101031.aspx?link_page_rss=101031</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/avastin-dramatically-improves-101031.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study shows that Avastin, alone and with chemotherapy, significantly increased response rates, progression-free survival times and survival rates in patients with recurrent brain cancer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=237016" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Victoria Sork named dean of Division of Life Sciences at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/victoria-sork-named-dean-of-life-100829.aspx?link_page_rss=100829</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/victoria-sork-named-dean-of-life-100829.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As a student, Victoria Sork conducted her high school honors project at UCLA. Now, she is the first woman to become dean of a UCLA science division, having taken the helm of UCLA's Division of Life Sciences on Sept. 1.
 
The division comprises five... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=235473" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Waist-hip ratio better than BMI for gauging obesity in elderly</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/waist-hip-ratio-a-better-gauge-100291.aspx?link_page_rss=100291</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/waist-hip-ratio-a-better-gauge-100291.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A study found that waist-to-hip circumference ratio was a better yardstick for assessing obesity in older adults, likely because the aging process alters the body proportions on which BMI is based. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=233920" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, UCLA economist says</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pandering-to-labor-caused-great-91447.aspx?link_page_rss=91447</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pandering-to-labor-caused-great-91447.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market crash of 1929 turned what might otherwise have been a bad recession into the Great Depression, a UCLA economist says.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=227931" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>Dental researchers confirm microRNAs as biomarkers for oral cancer detection</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-dental-school-study-expands-100028.aspx?link_page_rss=100028</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-dental-school-study-expands-100028.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists say measuring the microRNAs present in saliva is an effective method of detecting oral squamous cell carcinoma long before a tumor is present. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=223481" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA scientists uncover immune system's role in bone loss</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-uncover-immune-100017.aspx?link_page_rss=100017</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-uncover-immune-100017.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Got high cholesterol? You might want to consider a bone density test. A new UCLA study sheds light on the link between "bad" cholesterol and osteoporosis. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=223479" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:33:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>More obesity blues: Research shows brains of obese people have less tissue</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-obesity-blues-100147.aspx?link_page_rss=100147</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-obesity-blues-100147.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study by UCLA and University of Pittsburgh researchers found that obese individuals had, on average, 8 percent less brain tissue than people of normal weight. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=223480" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:57:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim  Irwin</author><title>UCLA researchers awarded $5.42M in grants from state stem cell agency</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-awarded-5-42-99890.aspx?link_page_rss=99890</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-awarded-5-42-99890.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The grants represent an effort by the agency to build a foundation that will support future research designed to translate stem cell science from the lab bench to the patient's bedside. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=215852" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Why sleep? UCLA scientist delves into one of science's great mysteries</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-sleep-98748.aspx?link_page_rss=98748</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-sleep-98748.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Professor Jerome Siegel's analysis of a broad range of animals shows that sleep's primary function is to increase animals' efficiency and minimize their risk. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=215840" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Major insights into evolution of life reported by UCLA molecular biologist</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/major-insights-into-evolution-98606.aspx?link_page_rss=98606</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/major-insights-into-evolution-98606.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[James Lake has discovered the first endosymbiosis involving only prokaryotic cells, a fusion that ultimately resulted in the presence of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=214217" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Researchers find genetic link between physical pain and social rejection</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-genetic-link-between-pain-and-98593.aspx?link_page_rss=98593</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-genetic-link-between-pain-and-98593.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The study indicates that variation in a receptor gene associated with physical pain is related to how much social pain a person feels in response to social rejection. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=211258" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>It's not the economy, stupid — it's what you do with it</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-political-scientist-discovers-98567.aspx?link_page_rss=98567</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-political-scientist-discovers-98567.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Obama's 2008 victory may have surprised the world, but not UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck. In a new book, she describes what she says are the two surefire routes to the White House. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=206581" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Ho</author><title>UCLA, RAND researchers formulate new model for reducing crime, punishment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-rand-researchers-find-method-98347.aspx?link_page_rss=98347</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-rand-researchers-find-method-98347.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The study may help point the way to reversing the nation's 20-year boom in prison population while continuing the decrease in crime rates seen over the past decade. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=206576" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Sexual minorities more likely to seek mental health services, study finds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sexual-minorities-are-more-likely-98582.aspx?link_page_rss=98582</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sexual-minorities-are-more-likely-98582.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Lesbians, gays and bisexuals are twice as likely as heterosexual men and women to seek help from mental health professionals, according to a new study by the UCLA School of Public Health. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=205012" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>Paul Weiss named new director of UCLA California NanoSystems Institute</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-california-nanosystems-98183.aspx?link_page_rss=98183</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-california-nanosystems-98183.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Leading nanoscientist Paul S. Weiss has been named director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and holder of the Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=203272" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Study finds no link between cognitive decline, socioeconomic status in elderly</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/researchers-find-no-link-between-97788.aspx?link_page_rss=97788</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/researchers-find-no-link-between-97788.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[New UCLA research suggests that socioeconomic status doesn't play a major role in cognitive decline. However, seniors who have never been married and widowers decline more quickly with age. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=194006" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA welcomes startup to new incubator space at Calif. NanoSystems Institute</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/california-nanosystems-institute-97510.aspx?link_page_rss=97510</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/california-nanosystems-institute-97510.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The CNSI's newly launched technology incubator has opened lab space to MediSens Wireless, a startup that develops and manufactures personal body-monitoring systems for medical and health applications. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190399" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-microchip-technology-performs-97160.aspx?link_page_rss=97160</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-microchip-technology-performs-97160.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The chemical reactions can be performed simultaneously on a stamp-size, PC-controlled microchip within an hour, potentially accelerating the identification of drug therapies for diseases like cancer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=188673" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA appoints three of world's leading chemistry scholars to endowed chairs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-appoints-three-of-world-s-97237.aspx?link_page_rss=97237</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-appoints-three-of-world-s-97237.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block has named Kendall N. Houk to the Saul Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry, Omar M. Yaghi to the Irving and Jean Stone Chair in Physical Sciences, and Shimon Weiss to the Dean M. Willard Chair in Chemistry. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=183677" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>UCLA Dental School study sheds new light on genetic facial disorder</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-dental-school-s-research-97130.aspx?link_page_rss=97130</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-dental-school-s-research-97130.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A study by researchers at the UCLA School of Dentistry and colleagues provides new insight into the underlying causes of a rare genetic disorder known as oculo-facial-cardio-dental syndrome. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=183635" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Crystal ball for brain cancer?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/crystal-ball-for-brain-cancer-97149.aspx?link_page_rss=97149</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/crystal-ball-for-brain-cancer-97149.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists have devised a new way to image brain tumors and predict which ones are most likely to benefit from the drug Avastin — before the patient ever takes a single dose. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=182156" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Naming evolution's winners and losers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/naming-evolution-s-winners-and-97121.aspx?link_page_rss=97121</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/naming-evolution-s-winners-and-97121.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mammals and many species of birds and fish are among evolution's "winners," while crocodiles and alligators are among the losers, according to new research by UCLA scientists and colleagues. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=179209" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Can brain scans read your mind?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/can-brain-imaging-read-minds-96682.aspx?link_page_rss=96682</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/can-brain-imaging-read-minds-96682.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[New research by neuroscientists at UCLA and Rutgers University provides evidence that fMRI can be used in certain circumstances to determine what a person is thinking. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=169647" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Researchers discover new molecular pathway for targeting cancer, disease</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-discover-new-96318.aspx?link_page_rss=96318</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-discover-new-96318.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA study has identified a way to turn off a key signaling pathway involved in physiological processes that can also stimulate the development of cancer and other diseases. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=166650" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>The sounds of learning</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sounds-of-learning-96166.aspx?link_page_rss=96166</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sounds-of-learning-96166.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 12-week music education program is designed to help children with autism spectrum disorders better understand emotions and learn to recognize emotions in others. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=166636" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Vitamin D, curcumin may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-finds-vitamin-d-may-94903.aspx?link_page_rss=94903</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-finds-vitamin-d-may-94903.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that vitamin D, together with a chemical found in curry, may help stimulate the brain's clearance of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques associated with Alzheimer's.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=158358" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>A ticking bomb: Novel UCLA procedure treats high-risk aortic aneurysms</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stopping-a-ticking-time-bomb-ucla-92810.aspx?link_page_rss=92810</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stopping-a-ticking-time-bomb-ucla-92810.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A decade ago, UCLA vascular surgeons pioneered a novel method to treat high-risk patients with aortic aneurysms who were not candidates for traditional surgery. Now they report on the method's safety and durability. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=158327" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA researchers bring in record $966 million in contract and grant awards</title><link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-researchers-break-record-95636.aspx</link><guid>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-researchers-break-record-95636.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Energized by new funding opportunities that have opened up for basic and applied research, UCLA scientists had a record-breaking year in 2008-09 and reaped a total of $966.3 million in grant and contract awards. That's $50 million more than the previous record of $916.1 million set in 2006-2007. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156878" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:49:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Researchers achieve major breakthrough with water desalination system</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-achieves-major-95006.aspx?link_page_rss=95006</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-achieves-major-95006.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA Engineering hope their new mini-mobile-modular "smart" water desalination and filtration system will help alleviate California's major water deficit. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156863" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA scientists identify how immune cells may help predict Alzheimer's risk</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-identify-how-immune-95500.aspx?link_page_rss=95500</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-identify-how-immune-95500.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists have discovered a way to measure the amount of amyloid beta proteins being absorbed by immune cells; the proteins form the plaques considered the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156862" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Children of undocumented parents may be at higher developmental risk</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-mexican-children-94776.aspx?link_page_rss=94776</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-mexican-children-94776.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study from UCLA examines parents' concerns about development, learning and behavior for young children of Mexican origin.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156860" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Low-cost solution processing method developed for CIGS-based solar cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-develop-low-cost-95100.aspx?link_page_rss=95100</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-develop-low-cost-95100.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a low-cost solution processing method for CIGS-based solar cells that could provide an answer to a manufacturing issue. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156744" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Embryonic stem cells, reprogrammed skin cells have inherent differences</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-find-molecular-95214.aspx?link_page_rss=95214</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-find-molecular-95214.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two cell types are clearly distinguishable from one another. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156668" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA collaboration identifies immune system link to schizophrenia</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-collaboration-finds-immune-95099.aspx?link_page_rss=95099</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-collaboration-finds-immune-95099.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Following on their earlier work, researchers at UCLA and colleagues from around the world have, for the first time, identified additional genes that confirm the immune system may play a role in the development of schizophrenia. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155829" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Conversing helps language development more than reading alone</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/conversing-with-child-more-effective-94603.aspx?link_page_rss=94603</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/conversing-with-child-more-effective-94603.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Adult-child conversations have a more significant impact on language development than exposing children to language through one-on-one reading alone, according to a new study in the July issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155404" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Remembering what to remember and what to forget</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/remembering-what-to-remember-and-94861.aspx?link_page_rss=94861</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/remembering-what-to-remember-and-94861.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[People in very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155341" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA study reveals how tiny levels of carbon monoxide could damage fetal brains</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-uncovers-how-chronic-94824.aspx?link_page_rss=94824</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-uncovers-how-chronic-94824.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155332" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>First direct visualization of memory formation in the brain</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-direct-visualization-of-94669.aspx?link_page_rss=94669</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-direct-visualization-of-94669.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA and McGill University researchers have, for the first time, “photographed” a memory in the making. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155273" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Alterations in brain's white matter key to schizophrenia, UCLA study shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/alterations-in-brain-s-white-matter-94666.aspx?link_page_rss=94666</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/alterations-in-brain-s-white-matter-94666.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In the first study of its kind, UCLA researchers used a novel form of brain imaging to discover that white matter in the brains of adolescents at risk of developing schizophrenia does not develop at the same rate as healthy people. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155253" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:01:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>Research explores interactions between nanomaterials, biological systems</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/exploring-the-world-of-nanomaterial-94257.aspx?link_page_rss=94257</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/exploring-the-world-of-nanomaterial-94257.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The increased use of engineered nanomaterials in commercial and medical applications raises questions about whether these human-nanomaterial interactions could have adverse health effects. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155235" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Study IDs protein assemblies that may be key factor in causing Alzheimer's</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/alzheimer-s-assemblies-identified-94284.aspx?link_page_rss=94284</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/alzheimer-s-assemblies-identified-94284.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers found that small assemblies, or oligomers, made up of 12 units of the peptide amyloid-β42 appear to be a key neurotoxic agent in the development of Alzheimer's disease. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155162" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>UCLA cancer researchers develop model that may help identify cancer stem cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cancer-researchers-develop-94307.aspx?link_page_rss=94307</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cancer-researchers-develop-94307.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a unique model that will allow them to investigate lung cancer stem cells -- believed by many to be at the root of all lung cancers. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155090" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Hilary Rehder</author><title>UCLA Anderson Forecast: Economy healing but not out of hospital yet</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anderson-forecast-94262.aspx?link_page_rss=94262</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anderson-forecast-94262.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In its second quarterly report of 2009, the UCLA Anderson Forecast upgrades the condition of the national economy, moving it out of "intensive care" while noting that it is still "very sick." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155077" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Depression may increase Alzheimer's risk in people with memory problems</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/depression-may-increase-risk-of-94104.aspx?link_page_rss=94104</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/depression-may-increase-risk-of-94104.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who aren't, but a common Alzheimer's drug my delay their progression, according to a new UCLA study. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155000" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>New 'Idol' grabs spotlight: Study IDs enzyme that controls 'bad' cholesterol</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-idol-grabs-spotlight-ucla-94162.aspx?link_page_rss=94162</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-idol-grabs-spotlight-ucla-94162.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists have discovered a new mechanism that controls cells' production of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the so-called "bad" cholesterol that is often linked to medical problems like heart disease, stroke and clogged arteries. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154715" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Leading UCLA researchers present latest findings on aging, age-related issues</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leading-ucla-researchers-present-94153.aspx?link_page_rss=94153</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leading-ucla-researchers-present-94153.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers will present their latest findings on age-related issues, including Alzheimer's disease, diet and nutrition, exercise, breast cancer, fall-prevention, dementia, and much more. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154704" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Professor to lead NASA mission's effort to map moon's surface temperatures</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-professor-david-paige-leads-93862.aspx?link_page_rss=93862</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-professor-david-paige-leads-93862.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[David Paige will head the mission's Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, which will perform the first global survey of the temperature of the lunar surface and search for evidence of water. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154620" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Air pollution from freeway extends further than previously thought</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/air-pollution-from-freeway-extends-93857.aspx?link_page_rss=93857</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/air-pollution-from-freeway-extends-93857.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers found that the distance air pollution from the freeway extends during pre-sunrise hours is 10 times greater than previously measured daytime impacts. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154614" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>