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UCLA-led team develops new system for tracking chemicals in the brain
The idea for the project began 20 years ago, when UCLA professor Anne Andrews was researching serotonin and realized that the then-state-of-the-art methods for monitoring neurochemicals couldn’t provide data with sufficient quality.
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UCLA scientist gives couple hope while searching for a cure for paralysis
Mark Pollock and his partner, Simone George, met UCLA’s Reggie Edgerton and discarded advice from doctors who had discouraged their pursuit of a cure.
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UCLA’s Michael Grunstein wins 2018 Lasker Award for medical research
The distinguished professor of biological chemistry, who shares the honor with C. David Allis of Rockefeller University, was recognized for his groundbreaking research on gene expression.
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When the theme is collaboration, labs get moving
Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine moved 33 labs into the renovated South Tower of the Center for Health Sciences.
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Brains of people with schizophrenia are less reactive to social rewards like smiling faces, study shows
The findings provide additional evidence that the processing of social rewards by people with schizophrenia is disrupted, researchers say.
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Changes in the architecture around cancer cells can fuel their spread
UCLA researchers have found that an often overlooked component of a cell, the extracellular matrix, can influence how much sugar the cell consumes and its migratory behavior.
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Brain’s support cells may play a central role in repetitive behaviors related to OCD
Findings from a UCLA-led study may ultimately lead to new ways to treat psychiatric disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder, at their root.
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California’s large minority population drives state’s relatively low death rate, study finds
Despite a 62 percent minority population with high rates of poverty, low education and lack of insurance — all factors expected to lead to high mortality rates and negative health outcomes — California’s health profile was significantly better than the nation’s as a whole.
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Metabolism-focused startup aims to shorten time between scientific insight and therapies
The innovative collaboration at UCLA bridges the gap between discovery and medicine.
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UCLA’s epilepsy center offers hope to people with drug-resistant seizures
Many patients and doctors are unaware how new therapies can improve quality of life.
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Affordable Care Act reduced health care disparities among Latino groups in California, study finds
The analysis shows that legal status plays a significant role in a person’s ability to access services.
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8,000 new antibiotic combinations are surprisingly effective, UCLA biologists report
“We expect several of these combinations, or more, will work much better than existing antibiotics,” said Pamela Yeh, one of the study’s two senior authors and a UCLA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
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New book urges schools to make physical education a priority
In this Q&A, Bill Simon, co-founder of UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, discusses the ideal P.E. class. and describes the benefits of physical activity.
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Requiring insurers to cover retail pharmacy vaccinations for adult Californians could save lives, study finds
Confusion about insurance coverage, limited access to doctors and lack of consumer awareness about vaccines are among the barriers to immunization.
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Recent measles case in Santa Monica sheds light on risk of outbreak
Anyone who suspects that they may have been exposed to measles, or who has a set of symptoms that includes fever and rash, should contact their physician immediately.
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New therapy spurs nerve fibers to regrow through scar tissue, transmit signals after spinal cord injury in rodents
Findings from the UCLA study could lead to new treatments for patients.
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Combination approach shows promise for beating advanced melanoma
The study suggests that using pembrolizumab and SD-101 together could be effective for people whose tumors have not responded to other therapies.
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UCLA-led study reveals the mechanism that helps malaria parasites take over human red blood cells
The research provides the first direct evidence of the proteins moving through PTEX, the protein complex that transports malaria proteins into the red blood cell.
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Researchers identify link between gut bacteria and eating for pleasure, as opposed to hunger
The findings open the door to future study about whether specific interventions, such as changes to diet, could affect brain function and thus affect the desire to overeat or to eat when not hungry.
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Neuroscientists restore significant bladder control to 5 men with spinal cord injuries
Dr. Daniel Lu, the study’s lead author, said the benefit lasted for two to four weeks, suggesting that the spinal cord’s neural circuitry retains a ‘memory’ of the treatment.
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Rent burden strains more than three-quarters of low-income seniors in California, study finds
They can be forced to move far from their social and medical networks to find rentals they can afford; they may end up in substandard housing; or — at worst — homeless, the paper’s authors say.
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For children with complex medical situations, a new roadmap for improving health
A UCLA team has developed a set of outcome measures using a software program that aggregates the latest research and expertise about how to treat conditions.
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Statins associated with improvement of rare lung disease
The research, the first of its kind, also suggested that two new tests could help diagnose the condition, called autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
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UCLA Health hospitals again rank No. 1 in Los Angeles, No. 7 nationally
For the 29th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report places UCLA among the country’s elite in health care.
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Methyl marks on RNA discovered to be key to brain cell connections
The findings may eventually lead to researchers discovering a new way to control the proteins found at synapses and, in turn, treat diseases characterized by synaptic dysfunction.
- Thursday, October 18, 2018