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Yellow-bellied marmots live much longer, on average, if they are less social and more isolated than if they are more social and less isolated, a UCLA-led study has found.

The findings, which counter the conventional wisdom that a cancer which is highly fibrotic could not respond to immunotherapy, have the potential to help scientists identify individuals most likely to benefit from the treatment.

The protocol could be a step toward therapies to restore sensation in people who are paralyzed and have lost feeling in parts of their body.

The scientists identified factors that can set the stage for disorders like schizophrenia, depression and ADHD that appear later in life.

The report points to the likelihood that some of the deaths are misclassified as accidental self-poisoning.

UCLA research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the first proof that a single material can be both static and moving.

The study confirms that an estrogen-like compound can combat MS via complementary effects on two distinct cell types.

The study shows that treatments tailored for different disabilities caused by MS could be more effective than treatments intended to target multiple different disabilities.

UCLA biologists' research focusing on the yellow warbler looks at species’ challenges and their capacity to adapt.

The research confirms that genuine concern for others’ pain plays a causal role in how people make decisions when they face moral dilemmas.

The research determined that many early symptoms of the disease can be completely corrected when the relevant genetic defect is turned off.

UCLA’s Laura Wherry found that there was a 7.9 percent decrease in the number of mothers who didn’t have insurance while they were pregnant.

“I’ve been studying young stars near Earth for 20 years and I’ve never seen anything like this one,” said UCLA astronomer Benjamin Zuckerman.

Volunteers analyze photos from NASA’s Landsat program to locate the coastal ecosystems in oceans around the world.

A UCLA study has found that moderate daily walks improve attention and mental skills for adults ages 60 and older.

Team includes neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists and pharmacologists, all studying how metabolism traits in glioblastomas may represent a weak spot in the cancer.

The study, by UCLA and the University of Wisconsin, was based on analysis of specimens more than 3 billion years old.

The process could help restore dystrophin, the protein missing in the muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Twelve Los Angeles schools that adopted the program recently saw a significant difference in students’ ability to pass a state-mandated exam.

UCLA research shows that the changes have had a dramatic effect on Colpichthys hubbsi, a species that lives only in the region near the Sea of Cortez.

The analysis had a 93 percent accuracy rate for forecasting the chance of survival in people with advanced cardiac disease.

It is the first representative survey of the state’s youth population to measure gender expression.

UCLA researchers discovered that, when heart muscle cells were mixed with high levels of glucose, they matured late or failed to mature altogether, and instead generated more immature cells.

The five-year award will support work to identify the “missing pieces of the puzzle” behind the disorder.

The protein, NOTCH1, was known to be a key player in the development of blood vessels in embryos, but researchers weren’t sure whether it was also critical to adults’ health.