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Study shows need for early support among people with uveal melanoma
UCLA researchers discovered that these patients had a number of unmet psychological and health information needs, particularly during the first three months after their diagnoses.
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Level of inflammation could help predict effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy for major depression
If the findings are replicated, measuring levels of interleukin 6 could help doctors decide which patients with depression would be best suited for treatment with ECT.
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UCLA researchers show a cancer defense mechanism could be turned back to attack tumors
The advance shows great promise for helping the body’s immune system seek out and destroy cancer cells.
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UCLA study documents lack of economic progress in South L.A. over the past 50 years
Center for Neighborhood Knowledge report provides a snapshot of lingering inequality since the 1960s.
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From puberty to menopause, women’s hormones serve them well, UCLA professor shows in new book
The psychology professor says women can tap into their “uniquely female power” to make life decisions — decisions that will help them to choose mates, avoid danger, compete with female rivals and produce healthy children.
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‘Black Panther’ success amplifies findings of UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report
The fifth annual study analyzed the casts of and talent behind the top 200 theatrical releases of 2016 and 1,251 broadcast, cable and digital platform television shows from 2015–16.
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Inspired by nature: Design for new electrode could boost supercapacitors’ performance
In experiments the device produced 30 percent better capacitance — the measure of a device’s ability to store an electric charge — for its mass compared to the best available electrode made from similar materials.
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Physical and mental multitasking may boost memory, study suggests
If replicated in larger studies, the findings could lead to new types of programs to improve mental agility in older adults by combining mental training with physical fitness.
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Rising sea levels put Pacific salt marshes at risk for extinction, study finds
Results from the evaluation of 14 estuaries along the Pacific coast of the United States will help to inform policy on conservation of wetlands.
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UCLA scientists use color-coded tags to discover how heart cells develop
“Our ultimate goal is to be able to regenerate cardiomyocytes after an injury like a heart attack,” Dr. Reza Ardehali said. “But we’re first trying to learn from the embryonic heart.”
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Age matters behind the wheel – but not how you might expect
Researchers also explored the influence of gender and whether playing sports and video games is correlated with driving skills.
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Cracking the connection between pediatric obesity and cancer
UCLA researcher Steven Mittelman’s work could change not just how doctors treat leukemia, but how they treat other cancers that are also fed by fat.
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UCLA scientists receive $7.7 million grant to study HIV recurrence
The five-year project funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will involve three projects to investigate factors that accelerate and prevent the re-emergence of HIV.
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Public health dentists offer recommendations to better integrate oral health and primary care
The authors’ goals are to influence policymakers, clinicians, educators and health researchers.
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For one early adopter, CAR T therapy means 18 months cancer-free and counting
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy fights disease by bolstering the body’s own natural defenses. Josh Feldman, diagnosed with lymphoma after returning from his honeymoon, knows the difference it can make.
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UCLA sociologist publishes results of first-ever poll to explore voter conduct in Iran
Reports about the survey findings seek to provide information about Iran that does not currently exist in the public sphere.
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Brain scan and artificial intelligence could help predict whether OCD will improve with treatment
“If the results ... are replicated in future studies, the methods we used could potentially give clinicians a new predictive tool,” said UCLA doctoral student Nicco Reggente.
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Newly discovered gene may protect against heart disease
A UCLA-led study finds that the so-called “selfish” gene acts to remove cholesterol from blood vessels.
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UCLA scientists develop low-cost way to build gene sequences
Their technique would enable an average biochemistry laboratory to make its own sequences for only about $2 per gene, far less than the $50 to $100 per gene commercial vendors charge.
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Device that measures cell strength could help identify drugs for asthma, hypertension and muscular dystrophy
“This technology is a game-changer for us drug discovery scientists,” said Robert Damoiseaux, a UCLA professor of molecular and medical pharmacology.
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Autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder share molecular traits, study finds
A UCLA-led analysis identifies brain measures of major psychiatric disease. Researchers also pinpointed important differences in these disorders’ gene expression.
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How brain’s reward system lessened distress over 2016 election results
A ‘buffering effect’ of two key regions shielded some study participants from the symptoms of depression, a new study by UCLA psychologists has found.
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Coral reefs in hot water as warming events slow recovery
The hardy marine invertebrates survive a bleaching process but their growth is slowed, a UCLA study conducted off the coast of American Samoa has found.
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UCLA scientists use stem cells to study genetics of germ cell tumors
The techniques the researchers employed should pave the way to additional studies on the tumors’ molecular details.
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Gene therapy using CAR T cells could provide long-term protection against HIV
A new study suggests that cells engineered by a UCLA-led team have the potential to provide long-term immunity against the virus that causes AIDS.
- Thursday, April 26, 2018