How a Twitter hashtag provides insights for doctors and support for people with breast cancer
Since first appearing in 2011, #BCSM has been used on the social media platform more than 830,000 times.
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Why is progress so slow for Latinos in Hollywood?
Although minorities overall are becoming better represented in entertainment, that progress largely hasn’t touched Latinos.
Antiretroviral therapy can’t completely stop accelerated cell aging seen in HIV
Research brief: Even successfully treated HIV-infected adults are at increased of many diseases more commonly associated with aging.
Diversity improves among TV actors, but executives still overwhelmingly white and male
The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report suggests the industry must do more to meet the moment.
Scientists identify compound that stimulates muscle cells in mice
UCLA testing found that AMBMP allowed mouse muscles to work and grow the way healthy muscle cells do.
Universal vote-by-mail doesn’t favor any party, at least in normal times
While COVID-19 spurs a desire for mailed ballots, research led by a UCLA professor suggests that mail-in results largely mirror in-person outcomes.
Virus-mimicking drug helps immune system target cunning cancer cells
The research opens up the possibility of using drugs that simulate viruses to overcome immunotherapy resistance in melanoma.
Economy and health care – not immigration – will drive Latino vote in 2020
A new UCLA report is intended to dispel a common misconception that immigration policy is a top-of-mind issue for Latino voters.
Enhanced common blood test could predict adverse outcomes in pregnancy, study suggests
Research brief: The new screening method looks for particular bits of DNA that have been shed by the placenta and entered the mother's blood.
UCLA draws record $1.4 billion in research funding
Spanning medicine, math and nanomaterials, support for campus scientific studies has grown almost 40% in five years.
Scientific American: Andrea Ghez and the experiment nobody thought would work
The director of the Keck Observatory writes about how the UCLA astrophysicist overcame the doubters en route to her Nobel Prize.
Antibiotics may be a good choice for some, but not all, patients with appendicitis
The findings are published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UCLA Health scientists pioneer faster, cheaper COVID-19 testing
The new platform, called SwabSeq, can pool thousands of individual test samples and return accurate results in less than a day.
Labor unions are providing necessary layer of protection for LGBTQ workers
In a survey by UCLA and United Food and Commercial Workers OUTreach, most said their local unions take action to protect LGBTQ members.
UCLA Library announces fall 2020 remote public programs
Librarians and staff will share their expertise at events designed to help students, faculty and others flourish in their work and advance knowledge.
Lack of diversity means box-office blues for Hollywood films, UCLA study shows
Movie studios can expect to lose up to $130 million per film when authentic diversity is absent from their storytelling, a UCLA report shows.
Andrea Ghez wins 2020 Nobel Prize in physics
Ghez, who received the prize for her research into black holes, is the eighth UCLA faculty member to be named a Nobel laureate.
Himalayan glaciers melting because of high-altitude dust
Dust from as far away as Saudi Arabia is carried by winds to the Himalayan snowpack, where it accelerates glacial warming and snowmelt, scientists say.
California has removed most obstacles to voting. Why are so many still not going to the polls?
A UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy report tracks the state’s history of restricting and expanding the franchise.
Number of Californians with mental health distress sharply increased from 2014 to 2018
Based on research in the California Health Interview Survey, UCLA researchers found the trend was especially pronounced among young adults.
UCLA Anderson Forecast cautiously projects ‘better than expected outcome’
Economists say the positive outlook is partly due to consumers and businesses quickly adapting to virtual commerce.
UCLA researchers’ efforts to combat melanoma gets $13M boost from NIH
The team will investigate the mechanisms of treatment resistance, laying the groundwork for new and improved combination therapies.
ACA reduced out-of-pocket health costs for families with kids, but they still need help
Research brief: Before the ACA, a new study shows, 35.6% of the lowest-income families experienced burdensome costs, but this fell to 23.7% post-ACA.
Guts and brains: How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment
In pregnant mice, the maternal gut microbiata plays a key role in regulating which genes are activated in the growing brain, UCLA biologists say.
New study pinpoints how the brain’s inner clock measures seconds
Research brief: In mice, a neural sequence in the brain's striatum acts like falling dominoes, allowing them to precisely measure short intervals.