biological sciences

UCLA researchers map how mechanical forces open DNA, enabling more precise and efficient gene activation by CRISPR to boost cell conversion.

In the latest episode of “Cabinet of Curiosities,” Shanti Lindberg explains why we should love and not fear these backyard beauties.

A fungus thought to infect amphibians in water has been found by UCLA biologists to proliferate in the threatened toad’s winter burrows.

UCLA’s Amy Vandiver studies how age-related damage affects our cells’ behavior and what aging skin might reveal about the rest of the body.

The new center will advance clinical care, research and innovation aimed at helping people remain active, independent and engaged throughout life.

Two new memorandums of understanding broaden opportunities for biomedical research, teaching, scholarly exchange and more.

Research brief: The cells outperformed a single-target version in mice, a lab-grown mini blood vessel and artery tissue from heart disease patients.

Using a fossil-based thermometer on the dinosaur's teeth, researchers have revealed that the animal's body temperature was comparable to a human's.

Surinam toads use ultrasensitive lobes on their fingertips to detect prey without seeing it by using the movement of water.

A new stem cell-based platform produces uniform T cells that attack solid tumors in two ways while avoiding a dangerous side effect.

The findings uncover metabolic and physical cues that influence which cell types radial glia produce in the developing human cortex.

Voting for the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Marmot Project contest runs from Aug. 24–28, with the winner crowned Aug. 29.

Protein design algorithms may help unlock secrets of biology and transform the treatment of previously untreatable diseases.

UCLA researchers linked nucleocapsid to immune overdrive and weakened blood-vessel barriers in heart models.

Faced with the loss of federal funding, UCLA scientists turned to an unexpected online platform to buoy their landmark long-term marmot study.

A new statistical tool reliably measures how well genetically distinct brain cells grow and survive when pooled together in a village.

Aboard the UCLA Zodiac, undergraduates chase ocean “fronts,” collect marine samples to put under the microscope — and sometimes discover a whole new direction of their own.

The seven projects supported by the grant pair early-career faculty and doctoral students in critical and emerging areas of research.

They will be part of a multicenter initiative to accelerate clinical trial readiness for people with autism and related genetic conditions.

Billion Cell×Cell Project aims to decipher the ‘language’ cells use to shape health, disease and future therapies.

Blocking a protein that interferes with tissue repair helps injured internal organs recover in mice.

UCLA study finds creatine supplementation significantly slowed tumor growth in mice.

A renowned expert in plant chemical defenses, West was instrumental in building UCLA’s chemistry department.

The study is the latest to find that animals recognize differences between men and women.

The nasal spray has been effective at preventing or reducing severe COVID in mice and other airborne viral diseases.