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Francis Saputra is likely the youngest patient to receive lifesaving treatment for the rare genetic disorder.

“The research doesn’t just pick up where it left off,” Bearden said. “If it’s just a delay, it’s an unnecessary delay that’s impacting the search for cures.”

UCLA neurobiologists have discovered that threadworms stop trying to penetrate human skin if a dopamine-sensing pathway is blocked.

The team will now seek FDA approval to open a clinical trial for the CAR-NKT cell therapy.

The biomedical researcher addresses the federal government’s suspension of $584 million in research grant funding to UCLA.

The presidential administration’s approach would choke American science, and researchers — especially the emerging generation — would not survive the cuts.

“I will continue to be in constant communication with you on key decisions,” the chancellor wrote in a message today to the campus community.

Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded nearly $2.8 million to support Dr. Steven Jonas’ research at UCLA.

Global warming has advanced wildfire season from one to almost seven weeks earlier, a new UCLA study shows.

Millions are alive today because of leukemia therapies that arose from Owen Witte’s UCLA research, including retired Army Maj. Melvin Mann.

Copper antimicrobials are increasingly used to reduce the emergence of resistant strains.

“These (federal) science agencies are an integral part of our everyday experience — whether it’s through cures and discoveries that enable a better future or a battery for a beating heart,” Morrow wrote in her hometown Georgia newspaper.

“UCLA has faced defining moments before, and we get through them — together,” the chancellor wrote in a message today to the campus community.

Nurse-scientists have a deep commitment to serve communities both locally and globally by turning their research discoveries into innovations that advance health and well-being.

Chancellor Julio Frenk shared a message with the campus community about developments related to federal research funding at UCLA.

The clinical trial demonstrates that combining genetically engineered T cells and stem cells can produce cancer-fighting immune cells in humans.

This positive change could be temporary without continued protection, scientists say.

Latino Policy and Politics Institute program helped turn data into community-driven action plans.

Researchers outline how screening, equity and policy can save more lives from colorectal cancer.

A new report from UCLA and Cal Lutheran shows that California Latinos also account for almost a fourth of the total U.S. Latino GDP.

The process could provide a versatile material platform for more powerful, compact and energy-efficient spintronic devices.

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.

How an experimental therapy could transform life for children with creatine transporter deficiency.

The locus coeruleus works like a “reset” button that separates the memory of one meaningful event from the next.

A new approach uses low-cost, scalable, transparent and infrared-reflective surfaces and hydronic panels.