Neuroscientists at UCLA have developed a new technique for studying a particular type of cell in the brain known as an astrocyte that may play a role in diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Lowell Milken’s generous support recognizes that athletics plays “a meaningful role in building skills and experiences that add value to the college experience.”
The photographs in capture a cultural movement that has been inspired by Jazz-era America and Europe to both South African dance styles and American hip-hop.
UCLA researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized type of progenitor cell that is found in uncommonly high numbers in inflamed areas of the gland.
A new component of the successful Optimists brand campaign, the conversations will focus on newsworthy and culturally significant topics, including sports concussions, gratitude and mentorship.
UCLA’s Dr. Daniel Geschwind said the findings could point the way to the development of drugs that reverse the specific type of gene activity patterns in the brains of people with the disorder.
An multidisciplinary team designed an algorithm that could discern structured narratives within the flow of posts on the internet reflecting how humans communicate.
Four faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected as Fellows of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.
A festival celebrating the films, cuisine, fashion, popular and classical music artists, and graphic art of Russia, the Ukraine and the Baltics will kick off Friday, Dec. 9, at UCLA.
The project supports interdisciplinary teams in their work to identify and test approaches for curing people infected with HIV who have established latent reservoirs of the virus.
The roots of America’s widespread opioid addiction are multifaceted and extend to the economy, bad medicine and corrupt pharmacists, said UCLA legal scholar and health policy expert Jill Horwitz.
The University of California will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of undocumented members of the UC community and will direct its police departments not to undertake joint efforts with any government agencies to enforce federal immigration law.