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The UCLA-designed platform uses holographic imaging to produce high-resolution images of the crystal-like objects that are the telltale signs of gout.

The two-year, $2.15 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will fund research by April Pyle, Melissa Spencer and Huan Meng.

The research could improve scientists’ ability to understand health care, economics and the environment, and to glean much more pertinent insight from data.

Magali Delmas, an environmental economist at UCLA, has been focusing on finding the most effective strategies to motivate people to change their behavior and conserve electricity.

In industrial and multi-family housing, the optimism of the past few years continued, according to a survey by the UCLA Anderson Forecast and the Allen Matkins law firm.

The finding could help reduce the number of deaths from drug-resistant infections — currently about 700,000 each year.

Researchers have identified mechanisms that determine how the deadliest form of skin cancer can become resistant to immune checkpoint inhibitors, which could lead to the development of new treatments.

Artificial receptors kill cells infected with the virus that causes AIDS, UCLA research finds.

UCLA researchers say the study sheds new light on the way cancer survivors should be monitored during follow-up care.

Large predatory cats live among us, and they’re closer to human development than you might think.

UCLA study shows men and women had opposite responses in a part of the brain related to emotions and blood pressure control during blood pressure trials.

Researchers found that advertising placed on the app has a high potential to reach untested high-risk populations and reduce the spread of HIV.

The study shows the effectiveness of using a vaccine to activate an immune response against advanced brain tumors and it could lead to promising treatments for people with glioblastoma.

Grassroots outreach efforts are cited for participation in signing end-of-life documents, but there is room for improvement, a UCLA-led study finds.

An innovative program that serves low-income and uninsured children in Los Angeles has more than tripled preventive dental visits for children from birth to age 5, according to a new UCLA policy brief.

Researchers found that substances in e-cigarettes damage the top layer of skin cells, which could increase users’ risk for certain diseases.

UCLA researchers conducted the most comprehensive global study to date of constitutional protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

In addition to uncovering interesting insights about the auto industry, the UCLA study offers a new lens through which researchers could analyze cultural and technological change.

The “virtual heart” can simulate tiny, subtle changes in cells and tissues as well as the larger impact on the entire organ.

Findings from UCLA-led research lend support to the idea that physician assistants and nurse practitioners could fill gap in health care services as nation faces doctor shortage.

President Obama announced a $70 million award today to a nonprofit co-founded by UCLA to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

Many midlife and older gay men experience the stress of being part of a sexual minority group. They perceive that they need to conceal their sexual orientation, or that others are uncomfortable with or avoid them because they are gay.

The technique, developed by a team led by UCLA professor Yi Xing, is an innovative way of using biomedical big data to achieve precision medicine.

UCLA researchers’ findings could offer a non-invasive and more cost-effective method to detect lung cancer.

Asian-Americans who have a certain genetic variant are more likely to crave carbohydrates and fast food than those without it, according to a UCLA study.