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UCLA scientists’ finding could lead to new therapies for the disorder, which affects one in 68 children in the United States.

The campus continued to attract large numbers of California applicants who would be the first in their family to graduate from a four-year college and students from low-income families.

The UCLA Vanpool Program is one of the largest employer-based vanpool programs in California.

Johnese Spisso, a nationally recognized academic health care leader, will oversee all operations of UCLA’s hospitals and clinics as well as the health system’s regional outreach strategy, effective Feb. 8.

The plan is a key step in UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, which aims to move the county to 100 percent renewable energy, 100 percent local water and enhanced ecosystem health by 2050.

The approach focuses on a protein called p53, which is commonly mutated in women who have high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Data may still underestimate the nation’s homicide rate, researchers say.

This comprehensive survey opens in February and includes nearly 2,000 works, the inspiration for which Montoya drew from the field workers, farm towns, and port cities of post-World War II California.

To create the super-strong but lightweight metal, scientists found a new way to disperse and stabilize nanoparticles in molten metals.

UCLA today released this statement in response to an announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

UCLA’s Dr. Steven Dubinett said the vision of philanthropists like Linda and Michael Keston “lays the groundwork for breakthroughs.”

Researchers led by UCLA’s Dr. Edward Garon compared pembrolizumab to the chemotherapy drug docetaxel in a clinical trial involving more than 1,000 people.

The designation means that people with the disease will have greater access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments.

There will be more than 175 public events presented by the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture showcasing a great depth and diversity of creative programming.

Terahertz waves can be used to analyze plastics, clothing, semiconductors and works of art without damaging them and to investigate the formation of stars, among other applications.

Opening Jan. 10, the exhibition at the Fowler Museum showcases the diversity of imagery, interpretations and uses of weavings from the region.

The closure, designed to save energy and money, runs until Friday, Jan. 1. Winter quarter starts Monday, Jan. 4.

Funds will bolster an endowment created by an earlier gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation, and will be used to keep fees low and increase course offerings.

The campus also ranked among the top public universities based on the salaries of graduates who received financial aid.

The initiative will allow the next generation of leaders and change agents to understand and improve the health of veterans, and of the nation.

Families OverComing Under Stress, or FOCUS, was able to reduce the most problematic psychological and emotional symptoms of men and women in the military, their spouses and their children for half of its participants.

Discovery could aid in the creation of vaccines and drug treatments for bluetongue disease.

Global climate models vary in how much they show rain and other precipitation changing due to climate change. UCLA researchers discovered a way to reduce these differences by 35 percent.

The findings could be an important step toward personalized medicine for women with the disease, said UCLA’s Dr. Patricia Ganz.

Of the 47 geographical areas the researchers analyzed, 20 had significantly higher percentages of people with advanced-stage disease than the U.S. norm.