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Targeted therapy with the drug daraxonrasib significantly improves survival and tumor response compared with chemotherapy.

The new facility nearly doubles the university's capacity to manufacture personalized treatments for patients with cancer, genetic disorders and other serious diseases.

In a speech focused on UCLA’s future, Julio Frenk repeatedly paused to spotlight the people who embody the university at its best. Learn more about them.

The initiative, backed by major philanthropic investment, aims to advance AI-powered technologies with broad societal impact.

The May 26 event will feature talks on topics including AI, friendship, urban cooling, community and the future of social media.

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

The findings may help explain sex differences in heart disease and support the development of more personalized treatments.

College students with anxiety, depression and eating disorders benefit from therapy offered via a digital app.

At UCLA, Dr. David Nathanson is designing new therapies that tackle glioblastoma’s unique tumor biology, aiming to overcome long-standing treatment challenges.

One of the world’s longest-running studies of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica, led by UCLA, offers valuable data.

The UCLA professor will analyze how technological and market pressures drive polarizing news content.

The Latino GDP Project finds that U.S. Latinos’ economic contributions grew to $4.4 trillion in 2024.

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

Natural selection began favoring Indigenous Andeans with a high number of salivary amylase genes when potatoes were first grown in the Andean highlands.

Throughout May, organizations across campus will host cultural programing for the public.

The brain may use dopamine to expand time between distinct events, enabling us to remember unique episodes.

A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voices, histories and research.

A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Jewish American voices, histories and research.

The UCLA political science professor talks empathy, soccer — and how little people know about the Middle East.

Bruin scholars Eric Becklin, Martin Gilens and Craig Manning exemplify how UCLA research continues to power progress across disciplines.

New UCLA research finds that airborne dust traps about twice as much heat as climate models have estimated.

Eva Baker, Elizabeth Ligon Bjork, Ursula Heise and Angela Riley are among the 252 leaders selected this year.

The molecular atlas of the Down syndrome brain uncovers unexpected shifts in prenatal neuron development.

STOP Methane Project identifies super-polluters that contribute to climate change and public health risks.

March’s record heat brought plants into bloom early and coaxed animals out of their winter hiding places ahead of schedule.